B: Hello everyone! Welcome to Chinese Studio on CRI. Wo shi Brendan. Y: Welcome. Another weekend is coming and time for us to review what we learned during the week. B: First, let’s listen to the Sentences of the Week!
Sentences of the week
Ladies first, 女士优先After you 您先请 Excuse me, I have a call to answer. 不好意思,我接个电话。Do you mind if I smoke? 你介意我抽烟吗? All in today’s Chinese Studio
B: Yajie, let’s first review “Ladies first.” In Chinese. Y: okay, it’s nv3 shi4 you1 xian1. B: nv3 shi4 you1 xian1. Y: nv3 shi4 means lady, B: nv3 shi4 Y: nv3 means female, B: nv3, Y: shi4 means person, B: shi4. Y: nv3 shi4 B: nv3 shi4, lady, Y: you1 xian1, means have priority or take precedence. B: you1 xian1. Y: nv3 shi4 you1 xian1. B: nv3 shi4 you1 xian1. Ladies first.
Conversation 1: A: 您先请。 B: 不,您先请。女士优先嘛。 A: 谢谢。 B: 不客气。
B: As you said Yajie, “After you” is good manners. What’ s it in Chinese again? Y: it’s “nin2 xian1 qing3.” B: nin2 xian1 qing3 Y: nin2 is the polite form of ni3, which means you, B: nin2, Y: xian1 here it means start off before the others, B: xian1 Y: qing3 means please, B: qing3. Y: nin2 xian1 qing3 B: nin2 xian1 qing3 After you.
Conversation 2: A: 您先请。 B: 谢谢。
B: Yajie, one useful sentence I learned this week is “Excuse me, I have a call to answer”. Let’s review it, hao ma? Y: hao de. It’s bu4 hao3 yi4 si, wo3 jie1 ge4 dian4 hua4. B: bu4 hao3 yi4 si.wo3 jie1 ge4 dian4 hua4. Y: bu4 hao3 yi4 si means excuse me. B: bu4 hao3 yi4 si. Y: wo3 means I, B: wo3. Y: jie1 means answer a phone call, B: jie1. Y: ge4 is short for yi2 ge4, which means one, B: ge4. Y: dian4 hua4 means phone call, B: dian4 hua4. Y: wo3 jie1 ge4 dian4 hua4 B: wo3 jie1 ge4 dian4 hua4 I have a call to answer. Y: Now let’s repeat the whole sentence…bu4 hao3 yi4 si.wo3 jie1 ge4 dian4 hua4. B: bu4 hao3 yi4 si.wo3 jie1 ge4 dian4 hua4. Excuse me, I have a phone call to answer.
Conversation 3: A: 不好意思,我接个电话. B: 没关系。
Y: Brendan, do you still remember how to say “Do you mind if I smoke”? B: Let me see… “ni3 jie4 yi4 wo3 chou1 yan1 ma?” Y: very good! ni3 means you, B: ni3, Y: jie4 yi4 means mind, B: jie4 yi4, Y: wo3 means I, B: wo3, Y: chou1 yan1 means smoke, B: chou1 yan1, Y: ma is often put at the end of a question. B: ma. Y: ni3 jie4 yi4 wo3 chou1 yan1 ma? B: ni3 jie4 yi4 wo3 chou1 yan1 ma? Do you mind if I smoke.
Conversation 4: A: 你介意我抽烟吗? B: 不介意。
Sentences in the week Ladies first, 女士优先After you 您先请 Excuse me, I have a call to answer. 不好意思,我接个电话。Do you mind if I smoke? 你介意我抽烟吗? All in today’s Chinese Studio .
B: With that we come to the end of this week’s Chinese Studio. Now time for our question of the day-- How do you say “Excuse me, I have a call to answer.” in Chinese? Y: As always, you can send your answer to Chinese@crifm.com. And we’ll see you next week. B: xia4 zhou4 jian4.
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