Language and expression: HSK 6 语言文字：HSK 六级

这里应该加一个逗号。

Zhèlǐ yīnggāi jiā yí gè dòuhào.

You should add a comma here.

你把这个逗号放错地方了吧？

Nǐ bǎ zhège dòuhào fàng cuò dìfāng le ba?

You put this comma in the wrong place, didn't you?

别忘了给这句话加上引号。

Bié wàngle gěi zhè jù huà jiāshàng yǐnhào.

Don't forget to put quotation marks around this sentence.

他说话时，用手指比了个引号。

Tā shuōhuà shí, yòng shǒuzhǐ bǐ le gè yǐnhào.

As he spoke, he made quotation marks with his fingers.

你是不是把冒号写成逗号了？

Nǐ shìbúshì bǎ màohào xiě chéng dòuhào le?

Did you write a comma instead of a colon?

冒号后面的内容是什么意思？

Màohào hòumian de nèiróng shì shénme yìsi?

What does the part after the colon mean?

我对方言很感兴趣。

Wǒ duì fāngyán hěn gǎnxìngqù.

I'm very interested in dialects.

吴语的方言差异很大。

Wúyǔ de fāngyán chāyì hěn dà.

Different variants of Shanghainese differ greatly with each other.

她声调突然变了。

Tā shēngdiào tūrán biànle.

There was a sudden change in her tone.

请把音乐声调小！

Qǐng bǎ yīnyuè shēngdiào xiǎo!

Please turn down the music.

你的母语是什么？

Nǐ de mǔyǔ shì shénme?

What is your mother tongue?

她的母语是法语。

Tā de mǔyǔ shì Fǎyǔ.

French is her mother tongue.

请用黑笔书写，不要用铅笔。

Qǐng yòng hēi bǐ shūxiě, búyào yòng qiānbǐ.

Please write in black pen, not pencil.

请用黑色的笔书写，不要用铅笔。

Qǐng yòng hēisè de bǐ shūxiě, búyào yòng qiānbǐ.

Please write with a black pen, not a pencil.

这封信的措辞太客气了。

Zhè fēng xìn de cuòcí tài kèqi le.

The wording of this letter is too polite.

和客人说话，措辞要小心一点。

Hé kèrén shuōhuà, cuòcí yào xiǎoxīn yìdiǎn.

When talking to customers, be a bit careful about how you put things.

你们的约定最好写成书面的。

Nǐmen de yuēdìng zuìhǎo xiě chéng shūmiàn de.

It would be best to put your agreement in writing.

房东要求我们先做书面申请。

Fángdōng yāoqiú wǒmen xiān zuò shūmiàn shēnqǐng.

The landlord requires us to submit a written application first.

明天的英语考试有口头部分。

Míngtiān de Yīngyǔ kǎoshì yǒu kǒutóu bùfen.

Tomorrow's English exam has an oral part.

请先口头通知大家，再发邮件。

Qǐng xiān kǒutóu tōngzhī dàjiā, zài fā yóujiàn.

Please tell everyone verbally first, then send an email.

我姐姐是出版社的校对。

Wǒ jiějie shì chūbǎnshè de jiàoduì.

My older sister is a proofreader at a publishing house.

请你帮我校对一下这篇文章。

Qǐng nǐ bāng wǒ jiàoduì yíxià zhè piān wénzhāng.

Please help me proofread this article.

这两个词在这里同义吗？

Zhè liǎng gè cí zài zhèlǐ tóngyì ma?

Are these two words synonymous here?

这两个词并不完全同义。

Zhè liǎng gè cí bìng bù wánquán tóngyì.

These two words are not completely synonymous.

大和小反义，对不对？

Dà hé xiǎo fǎnyì, duì bú duì?

Big and small are antonyms, right?

这两个词是反义的吗？

Zhè liǎng gè cí shì fǎnyì de ma?

Are these two words antonyms?

你为什么在这里用破折号？

Nǐ wèishénme zài zhèlǐ yòng pòzhéhào?

Why did you use a dash here?

写作文时，别用太多破折号。

Xiě zuòwén shí, bié yòng tài duō pòzhéhào.

When writing an essay, don't use too many dashes.