第五年第二十天

[nnozomi]

部首
手 part 7
承, to bear; 技, skill; 把, object marker (and counter for umbrellas) 承 chéng, to bear; 技 jì, skill; 把 bǎ, object marker
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=64

语法
2.21 (part 2) Degree complements with high degrees: 很, 多, 要命, 不行
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-2-grammar

词汇
出口, exit; 出色, outstanding; 出售, to sell; 出席, to attend; 付出, to pay out; 作出, to make 出口 chūkǒu, exit; 出色 chūsè, outstanding; 出售 chūshòu, to sell; 出席 chūxí, to attend; 付出 fùchū, to pay out; 作出 zuòchū, to make
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
那是我科技界的国民老公可不是白叫的, they don't call me the National Sweetheart of STEM for nothing
这猫有灵性得很，它有名字吗, this cat is very smart, does he have a name? The Chinese uses the animal pronoun "it" but I am translating it as "he" for the sake of Da Qing's dignity
你的演讲很出色, your speech was outstanding

Me:
你快点把酸奶放在冰箱里。
今天冷得要命，我又不想出门。

Comments

[trobadora]

The Chinese uses the animal pronoun "it" but I am translating it as "he" for the sake of Da Qing's dignity

I think it should have been written as 他 anyway, since Shen Wei knows Da Qing.

[grayswandir]

Does Chinese use 他/她 for animals the speaker knows? (Curious because my students always seem very surprised/disbelieving when I tell them English uses he/she for animals we know, but that may just be because they've had "use 'it' for animals" drilled into them by their beginner level English teachers"!)

[trobadora]

I don't know for sure. The impression I got when I looked it up was that 它 is more formally correct, but people do also use 他/她 for their pets.

Thought my thinking was that Da Qing isn't an animal; he's Yashou - and I just don't think he should get different pronouns depending on what shape he happens to be wearing.

[halfcactus]

IME 它 is pretty standard in written work (and subtitles) + I vaguely remember douqi talking about how when she translates baihe she defaults to “she” for pets/animals XD