Answer: C
The key word in this test is “随便(suíbiàn).” Generally, the word is used in two ways:
1. We can use “随便(suíbiàn)” as a verb which means “ to do as one wishes” or as a conjunction which means “no matter,” indicating that one doesn’t care about something or about how to deal with something.
Zhāng Yīng: Zhèjiànshì zěnme chǔlǐ bǐjiào hǎo ne?
张 英: 这件事 怎么 处理 比较 好 呢?
Zhang Ying: How should we deal with this?
Lǐ Lán: Nǐ suíbiàn ba. Wǒ xiāngxìn nǐ.
李 蓝:你 随便 吧,我 相信 你。
Li Lan: Do as you wish. I believe you.
Zhōu Jié: Nǐ xiǎng chī shénme kǒuwèi de bīngqīlíng?
周 杰:你 想 吃 什么 口味 的 冰淇淋?
Zhou Jie: Which favor of ice-cream do you want to eat?
Lín Mèng: Suíbiàn. Wǒ dōu xǐhuan.
林 梦: 随便, 我 都 喜欢。
Lin Meng: Whatever. I like them all.
2. “随便(suíbiàn)” can also be used as an adjective or adverb, meaning “casual/casually” or “thoughtless/thoughtlessly.”
Tā jīntiān chuānde hěn suíbiàn.
他 今天 穿得 很 随便。
He dresses so casually today.
Búyào suíbiàn dāyìng biérén.
不要 随便 答应 别人。
Don’t promise others thoughtlessly.
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