Lessons 1-10 Mandarin Chinese Lesson 46: 害羞 Shy

我 的 朋友 是 个 害羞 的 人。 My friend is a shy person.
Wǒ de péngyou shì gè hàixiūde rén.
I of friend is one harm-bashful of person.

我 听说 她 是 个 害羞 的 人。 I've heard that she is a shy person.
Wǒ tīngshuō tā shì gè hàixiūde rén.
I listen-speak she is one harm-bashful of person.

她 的 男朋友 很 害羞。 Her boyfriend is very shy.
Tā d e nánpéngyou hěn hàixiū.
She of male-friend very harm-bashful.

周 小姐 看起来 很 害羞。 Ms. Zhou appears to be really shy.
Zhōu xiǎojiě kànqǐlái hěn hàixiū.
Zhou little-big-sister look-arise-come very harm-bashful

我 听说 他 十分 害羞。 I've heard that he is extremely shy.
Wǒ tīngshuō tā shífēn hàixiū.
I listen-hear he ten-part harm-bashful.

新 教师 和 他们 在 一起 一点 也 不 害羞。 The new teacher is not at all shy with them.
Xīn jiàoshī hé tāmen zài yìqǐ yìdiǎn yě bú hàixiū.
New teacher and he-all at one-together one-period he not harm-bashful.

你 的 外国 朋友 很 害羞 吗？ Is your foreign friend shy?
Nǐ de wàiguó péngyou hěn hàixiū ma?
You of outside-country friend very harm-bashful ma?

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