"I've got JETLAG" | Learn Chinese Now

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Hey guys welcome to Learn Chinese Now, here we are in Salzburg Austria. Now you might be asking yourself, "Hey Jared, weren't you in New York yesterday?" Yes, actually I was in New York yesterday. Therefore I am experiencing a little bit of jet lag. So in Chinese Shi Cha 時差, Shi means time, Cha means difference. So Shi Cha is a time difference. So it's basically a time zone. Now if you add the verb 倒 Dao in front of it, Dao means to flip upside down, to have totally flipped upside down. Dao Shi Cha 倒時差 is basically how in Chinese you would say that you have jet lag. It is it is your time zone has been totally flipped upside down. So if you were to say "I have jet lag." You would say：

Traditional: 我在倒時差
Simplified: 我在倒时差
Wǒ zài dǎo shíchā

Wo, me. Zai, currently. Dao, all flipped around.Shi Cha, time zones, time difference.
If you were to ask somebody, "Do you still have jet lag?" You would say:

Traditional: 你還在倒時差嗎？
Simplified: 你还在倒时差吗？
Nǐ hái zài dǎo shíchā ma?

So Ni, you. Hai, still. Zai, currently. Dao, again flipped over. Shi Cha, time difference. And then Ma the question particle.

倒 dǎo not only means "upside down," but when placed before 時差 shíchā, it also indicates that you are trying to get over jetlag. So when you say 倒時差 dǎo shíchā it not only means that your time is upside down, but that you are also in the process of overcoming jetlag.


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