B: Rembrandt did portraits, Van Gogh loved landscapes and we’re doing the kitchen, painting, diy style, da jia hao, I’m the new host R, and this is Chinese Studio.
Y: ni hao R, get u a Chinese name later… wo shi Y, with the brushes, paints and a few keywords to mix in.

Key words of the day
to paint 刷漆.  sandpaper,砂纸, a hardware store, 五金店，use ceramic titles,贴瓷砖 The walls need sanding. 墙需要打磨一下。All in today’s Chinese Studio.

B: I heard that you there was a little fire last week.
Y: yes, it happened in the chu2 fang2, the kitchen, and it was really a blessing in disguise. We can paint a new color, and who knows it just might improve the cooking too. To paint in Chinese is: shua1 qi1.
B: shua1 qi1.
Y: shua1 means brush,
B: shua1,
Y: qi1 means the paint,
B:  qi1,
Y:  shua1 qi1.
B:  shua1 qi1. to paint,   let’s paint the kitchen….
Y:  Actually we Chinese like to use ceramic titles instead of paint to decorate kitchen.
B:  How do you say that in Chinese?
Y: it’s “tie1 ci2 zhuan1”
B:  tie1 ci2 zhuan1
Y: tie1 means to paste,
B:  tie1
Y: ci2 means ceramic,
B:  ci2,
Y: zhuan1 means tiles,
B: zhuan1,
Y: tie1 ci2 zhuan1
B: tie1 ci2 zhuan1, to use ceramic titles,

Conversation 1
A: 你想刷漆还是贴瓷砖？
B: 还是贴瓷砖吧。

B: If we’re going to paint the walls, I think the walls need sanding,
Y: Glad you offered, tell me in Chinese this time 墙需要打磨一下。
B: qiang2 xu1 yao4 da3 mo2 yi2 xia4.
Y: qiang2 means walls in Chinese,
B: qiang2,
Y: xu1 yao4 means need,
B: xu1 yao4,
Y:  da3 mo2 means to sand, to polish,
B: da3 mo2,
Y: yi2 xia4 are used after a verb, indicating an act or an attempt,
B: yi2 xia4,
Y:  qiang2 xu1 yao4 da3 mo2 yi2 xia4.
B:  qiang2 xu1 yao4 da3 mo2 yi2 xia4.  the walls need sanding,

Conversation 2
A: 墙需要打磨一下。
B:  好吧，我来帮你。

B: To sand the walls, we need to use sandpaper…Y, Do you use the words sand and paper and put them together as we do in English?
Y: Yes. sha1 zhi3, sandpaper. sha1 means sand in Chinese,
B:  sha1,
Y: and zhi3 means paper,
B: zhi3,
Y: sha1 zhi3,
B: sha1 zhi3, sandpaper. I think we need to buy some sandpaper. Where can we get it?
Y: From a hardware store.  In Chinese we call it, wu3 jin1 dian4,
B:  wu3 jin1 dian4,
Y: wu3 jin1 literally means “five metals”,
B:  wu3 jin1,  
Y: dian4 means shop,
B:  dian4,
Y:  wu3 jin1 dian4
B:   wu3 jin1 dian4, a hardware store,

Conversation 3
A:  哪儿有卖砂纸的？
B: 楼下五金店就有。

B: This sanding business is hard work, time for a piss break.
Y: And also time for  today’s question. How do you say “ The walls need sanding.” in Chinese?
B: And I’m sure you can DIY in an email, write to us, with the correct answer, to Chinese@crifm.com. Mingtian jian.
Y: Mingtian jian.