C: Welcome to Chinese Studio, wo shi Cam. Y: It’s time to perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day. Wo shi Yajie. Cam, do you ever send letters back to Canada? C: Well, Yajie, you see. I’d like to, but I’m not sure what to say to the clerk! Y: Well, this week might help you then. Listen up!
Key words of the day
Post Office. 邮局 where is the post office? 邮局在哪?China Post. 中国邮政. I’d like to mail a letter. 我要寄封信。I want to send a package to Hongkong. 我要寄个包裹去香港。
C: Yajie, first of all, how do I say Post Office? Y: it’s called you2 ju2. C: you2 ju2. Y: you2 means post, C: you2. Y: ju2 means a subdivision of a governmental department. C: ju2. Y: you2 ju2. C: you2 ju2. So if I wanted to go to a post office, I could say you ju zai nar? Y: exactly. You2 ju2 zai4 nar3? C: zai4 nar3 means at where, Y: and post office is you2 ju2, so where is the post office is you2 ju2 zai4 nar3? C: right. you2 ju2 zai4 nar3
Conversation1: A:请问 邮局在哪? B:就在前面拐角处。
C: And in China, I see they are all called China Post, so do I pronounce that differently? Y: It’s zhong1 guo2 you2 zheng4. C: zhong1 guo2 you2 zheng4. Y: zhong1 guo2 means China, C: zhong1 guo2 Y: you2 zheng4 means postal service, C: you2 zheng4. Y: zhong1 guo2 you2 zheng4. C: zhong1 guo2 you2 zheng4. China Post. C: So once I’m inside, I’ll want to mail a letter. Y: You can say wo3 yao4 ji4 feng1 xin4. C: wo3 yao4 ji4 feng1 xin4. Y: wo3 means I, C: wo3, Y: yao4 means need to do something, C: yao4. Y: ji4 means mail, C: ji4. Y: feng1 is a measure word of letter, it’s short for yi4 feng1, which means one, C: right. In English we just say a letter. Yi4 feng1. Y: and letter is xin4. C: xin4. Y: wo3 yao4 ji4 feng1 xin4. C: wo3 yao4 ji4 feng1 xin4. I want to mail a letter.
Conversation2: A:我要寄封信。你知道邮局在哪吗? B: 看到中国邮政几个字了吗?就在前面。
C: Now what if I want to send a package to Hong Kong? Y: you can say “wo3 yao4 ji4 ge4 bao1 guo3 qu4 xiang1 gang3.” C: wo3 yao4 ji4 ge4 bao1 guo3 qu4 xiang1 gang3. Y: wo3 means I C: wo3. Y: yao4 means want to, C: yao4. Y: ji4 means mail, C: ji4. Y: ge4 is short for yi2 ge4, which means one, C: right, and is ge4 the measure word for package? Y: yes. Package in Chinese is bao1 guo3, C: bao1 guo3. Y: qu4 means to, C: qu4, Y: xiang1 gang3. Hong Kong. C: xiang1 gang3. Y: wo3 yao4 ji4 ge4 bao1 guo3 qu4 xiang1 gang3 C: wo3 yao4 ji4 ge4 bao1 guo3 qu4 xiang1 gang3. I want to send a package to Hong Kong.
Conversation3: A:我要寄个包裹。 B:寄到哪? A:寄到香港。
C: Instead of remembering all this, maybe I should just email my letter! Y: But then you wouldn’t get any practice. C: Very true… let’s get to our question of the day… how do you say “post office” in Chinese? Send your answer to Chinese@crifm.com and you might win a prize. Lucky listener. Y: Mingtian jian!
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