How to Say ‘Walk for twenty minutes after meals’ in Simplified Chinese
饭后走二十分钟
fàn hòu zǒu èr shí fēn zhōng
[fahn hòu zǒu èrshí fēnzhōng]
🇨🇳 In China: Walking after dinner is an old Chinese habit. A saying claims 饭后百步走，活到九十九 "walk a hundred steps after meals, live to ninety-nine".
Phrase Breakdown
饭后
fàn hòu
after meals
饭 means 'meal'. 后 means 'after'.
饭后吃药。
Take the medicine after meals.
Words in this phrase
饭
fàn
[fahn]
meal; cooked rice; food
In daily speech, 饭 often refers to a meal, not only rice.
今天的饭很香，快来吃吧。
Today's meal smells great, come eat quickly.
后
hòu
[hòu]
after
Placed after a noun or verb to mean 'after'.
下班后我去买菜。
After work I go buy groceries.
走二十分钟
zǒu èr shí fēn zhōng
walk for twenty minutes
走 means 'to walk'. 二十分钟 means 'twenty minutes'.
我走二十分钟就到。
I get there after twenty minutes of walking.
Words in this phrase
走
zǒu
[zǒu]
to walk
Refers to the action of moving with your feet.
在宣纸上轻轻走笔。
Gently walk the brush on the rice paper.
二十
èr shí
[èrshí]
twenty
The number 20.
我花了二十元。
I spent twenty yuan.
分钟
fēn zhōng
[fēnzhōng]
minute
A unit of time, 60 seconds.
等我五分钟。
Wait for me five minutes.
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