C: A lot of people email these days Yajie… myself included, of course, but we still need to go to the post office for all kinds of things! Y: Right, and that’s what we’re learning about this week on Chinese Studio. So what do you go to the post office for? C: Well, sometimes I need to cash a money order, or pick up a package. Key words of the day
Money order. 汇款单. I’d like to cash this money order. 我要取汇款。 I’d like to pick up a package. 我要取包裹。 identification card, 身份证 passport, 护照 All in today’s Chinese studio.
C: Okay, so sometimes I get paid through a money order in the mail. And I want to cash them! Y: You would go to the you2 ju2, get in line, and say wo3 yao4 qu3 hui4 kuan3. C: wo3 yao4 qu3 hui4 kuan3. Y: wo3 yao4 means I’d like to do something, C: wo3 yao4. Y: qu3 means draw the money, C: qu3, 3rd tone. Y: hui4 kuan3 means the sum of money sent. C: hui4 kuan3. Y: wo3 yao4 qu3 hui4 kuan3. C: wo3 yao4 qu3 hui4 kuan3. I’d like to cash this money order, so Yajie, what’s the Chinese for money order? Y: it’s hui4 kuan3 dan1. C: hui4 kuan3 dan1. as hui4 kuan3 is the sum of the money sent, Y: You got it. And dan1 means order. C: dan1. Y: hui4 kuan3 dan1 C: hui4 kuan3 dan1, money order
Conversation1: A: 我要取汇款。 B: 请给我看一下你的汇款单和身份证。
C: I haven’t received the package yet, but I certainly love to get one. What do I say if I am going to pick it up? Y: First let’s review how to say package in Chinese. C: Great, what is it? Y: it’s bao1 guo3. C: bao1 guo3. Y: bao1 and guo3 both have the meaning of wrap. C: and package means the wrapped and boxed object sent by mail. Y: so package in Chinese is bao1 guo3. C: bao1 guo3. Y: Good, and then you can say to the clerk “wo3 yao4 qu3 bao1 guo3” C: wo3 yao4 qu3 bao1 guo3. Y: wo3 yao4 I’d like to do something, C: wo3 yao4, Y: qu3 means take, C: qu3. and package bao1 guo3. Y: yes. Wo3 yao4 qu3 bao1 guo3. C: Wo3 yao4 qu3 bao1 guo3. I’d like to pick up a package.
Conversation2: A:我要取包裹。 B:请给我看一下你的包裹单和身份证。
Y: Then when you pick up a package at the post office, you need to bring some identificaton. C: Right. Which in Chinese is… Y: shen1 fen1 zheng4. C: shen1 fen1 zheng4. Y: shen1 fen1, identification, C: shen1 fen1, Y: zheng4 means card, C: zheng4. Y: shen1 fen1 zheng4. C: shen1 fen1 zheng4. identification card. Then what shall I bring if I go to pick up my package? Y: I think you need to bring your passport, and in Chinese it’s hu4 zhao4. C: hu4 zhao4.
Conversation3: A: 外国人取包裹要带什么证件?
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