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⚡ Química y lenguaje corporal en chino
Pon en palabras la tensión no dicha y el contacto físico.
🌐 Por ahora, el contenido del curso (significados, notas y explicaciones) está en inglés, tanto en estas páginas como en la app; la interfaz está en español.
“Malèna. Sit, and watch the room before you speak. Tonight, in a jazz bar off Huaihai Road, you learn to name what the body already says.” — Malèna, tu anfitrión en esta unidad
Practica esta unidad gratis ➔Palabras y frases clave en chino
| Chino | Significado |
|---|---|
| 一直yìzhí | keep (doing), all along |
| 看kàn | to look at, watch |
| 眼神yǎnshén | the look in your eyes |
| 对视duìshì | to lock eyes |
| 微笑wēixiào | a smile; to smile |
| 脸红liǎnhóng | to blush |
| 过来guòlai | to come over (here) |
| 打招呼dǎ zhāohu | to say hello, greet |
| 跳舞tiàowǔ | to dance |
| 靠近kàojìn | to come close, get closer |
| 一点yìdiǎn | a little, a bit (more) |
| 慢一点màn yìdiǎn | a bit slower |
| 跟着gēnzhe | to follow |
| 舞伴wǔbàn | dance partner |
| 搂腰lǒu yāo | to hold someone by the waist |
| 踩脚cǎi jiǎo | to step on someone's foot |
| 节奏jiézòu | rhythm |
| 跳得真好tiào de zhēn hǎo | to dance really well |
| 来电láidiàn | to feel a spark |
| 化学反应huàxué fǎnyìng | chemistry (between two people) |
| 暧昧àimèi | flirty and undefined (more than friends) |
| 触电chùdiàn | an electric jolt, electric shock |
| 手shǒu | hand |
| 也yě | also, too |
| 牵手qiānshǒu | to hold hands |
| 暖nuǎn | warm |
| 握手wòshǒu | to shake hands |
| 十指相扣shízhǐ xiāngkòu | fingers interlaced |
| 拥抱yōngbào | to hug; a hug |
| 两情相悦liǎngqíng xiāngyuè | mutual attraction |
| 太…了tài … le | too…, so… |
| 原来yuánlái | so it turns out |
| 喜欢xǐhuan | to like, have a crush on |
| 爵士juéshì | jazz |
| 闺蜜guīmì | best (girl)friend, BFF |
Frases de ejemplo
Look into my eyes.
You two locked eyes
Come a little closer.
You dance really well.
Your heart is beating so fast.
Do you feel it too?
Your hand is so warm.
So you like me too
Una conversación de esta unidad
A small jazz bar down a lane off Huaihai Road. Anya and Malèna share a table near the piano.
Anya: 你看，吧台那个男的一直在看我。Look, that guy at the bar keeps looking at me.
Malèna: 嗯。你一看他，他就脸红。Mm. Every time you look at him, he blushes.
Anya: 真的！他好害羞啊。He really does! He's so shy.
Malèna: 他太害羞了，不会过来的。He's too shy. He won't come over.
Anya: 那怎么办？我过去？So what do I do? Go over there?
Anya: 好……他也笑了！他过来了！OK… he's smiling too! He's coming over!
Malèna: 你看。一个微笑，比十句话有用。See? One smile works better than ten sentences.
Notas culturales
A Saturday afternoon on Wukang Road. Your date walks close beside you under the plane trees. What kind of affection is most usual in public here?
Holding hands or linking arms; a long kiss on a busy street still draws looks.
Mainland China, Shanghai included: couples hold hands, link arms or lean on each other in public, and young couples in big cities are more relaxed than their parents' generation. A long kiss or heavy touching on a busy street still gets stares, especially from older people. In public, affection is mostly shown in small ways; the rest is kept for private.
Dilo como un local: 我们牵着手走走吧。 — Let's walk hand in hand for a bit.
On the metro, a stranger looks straight at you. When you look back, they look away at once. How should you read a stranger's gaze in a Chinese city?
Usually as curiosity: long eye contact with strangers is less usual, so people look away.
Mainland China: people tend to avoid long, direct eye contact with strangers, and lowering your eyes in front of an elder or a boss can be a sign of respect. Curious looks, especially at foreigners, are common and rarely mean anything hostile or flirtatious. So a gaze that is held on purpose, across a bar, says a lot here. Malèna knows it.
Dilo como un local: 别一直看着人家。 — Stop staring at people.
Your date suggests a drink at the Peace Hotel on the Bund, "to hear the old jazz band". Why is jazz part of Shanghai's story?
In the 1920s and 30s Shanghai was Asia's jazz capital, and the Peace Hotel's bar keeps that sound alive.
Shanghai: in the 1920s and 30s jazz filled the city's ballrooms and hotels, and Shanghai was often called the jazz capital of Asia. Musicians came from America and the Philippines, and Chinese songwriters mixed jazz into the popular songs of the day. The Peace Hotel on the Bund, opened in 1929 as the Cathay Hotel, is famous for its jazz bar and its band of veteran musicians. Today smaller jazz bars hide in the lanes of the former French Concession too.
Dilo como un local: 我们去听爵士乐吧。 — Let's go and listen to some jazz.
On Huaihai Road, two young women walk ahead of you arm in arm, then hand in hand. What does it probably mean?
That they're close friends: same-sex friends linking arms or holding hands is common.
Mainland China: close friends of the same sex, especially young women, often link arms or hold hands in the street, and nobody reads it as romantic. Male friends do it too, though less than they used to. So don't read too much into it, and don't make it awkward if a friend takes your arm.
Dilo como un local: 她是我闺蜜，不是女朋友。 — She's my best friend, not my girlfriend.
Saturday night on the Bund: the crowd is shoulder to shoulder, and someone squeezes past you without a word. How should you take it?
As ordinary crowd behaviour: in packed places personal space shrinks, and squeezing past without a word is normal.
Mainland China: in crowded streets, metros and queues, personal space is much smaller than in many Western countries, and people often squeeze past without saying sorry. By local standards that isn't rude. Deliberate groping is something else: say loudly 别碰我 (don't touch me) and tell staff or the police.
Dilo como un local: 人太多了，靠近我一点。 — Too many people. Stay close to me.
Apréndelo bien
En la app, Malèna te guía por esta unidad en lecciones cortas: opción múltiple, emparejar y construir frases con fichas, con audio, además de escenas de escucha, chats que reaccionan a tus respuestas, ejercicios de «Lee el ambiente», tarjetas culturales y un episodio de drama. Las palabras que aprendes vuelven en el repaso justo antes de que las olvides. Es gratis y no necesitas cuenta: tu progreso se queda en tu navegador.
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