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Man or Woman?

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ID: 0627 Pre Intermediate
When he/she walks like a woman and talks like a man, and the response that comes to your query of “Who is that?” is “It’s Pat,” you may find yourself in a quandary of gender identification. Think you can fake your way through this kind of predicament in Chinese with an evasive ‘ta’? That, and this podcast will help. And who knows, you may just find out that the elusive Lola ended up in China.
Sun Sep 02 2007 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
男的 nánde male
女的 nǚde female
肯定 kěndìng definitely
头发 tóufa hair
那个人是男的还是女的？
nèige rén shì nánde háishi nǚde ？
Is that person male or female?
肯定是男的。头发那么短。
kěndìng shì nánde 。tóufa nàme duǎn 。
Got to be male. His hair is so short.
但是走路的样子像女的。
dànshì zǒulù de yàngzi xiàng nǚde 。
But the way she walks looks female.
是有点像。不过长得像男的。
shì yǒudiǎn xiàng 。bùguò zhǎng de xiàng nánde 。
Yes, it does. But she looks male.
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