Cam: Dajia hao. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I am one of your hosts, Cam. YJ: And I’m Yajie. Cam: Yajie, you have beautiful hair… we’ve been talking about hair cuts all this week… you have straight hair with great volume, shall we say. YJ: Thank you Cam… Cam: We’ve been focusing on how men can ask for haircuts, so let’s learn a few words women can use when getting their hair styled.
Key words of the day I would like my hair straightened. 我想把头发拉直。I’d like to dye my hair. 我想染头发。Brown. 棕色chestnut 栗色 I would like to have a manicure 我要修一下指甲All in today’s Chinese studio.
Cam: Okay, so let’s say you have curly hair, and want it straightened… what would a girl say? YJ: we’ll say我想把头发拉直。 Cam: wo3 xiang3 ba3 tou2fa la1 zhi2. YJ: wo3 xiang3, I want, CM: wo3 xiang3. Y: ba3 is usually put before the object, C: ba3. YJ: tou2fa means hair, Cam: tou2fa. YJ: la1 zhi2 means get it straightened, CM: la1 zhi2. YJ: wo3 xiang3 ba3 tou2fa la1 zhi2. I would like my hair straightened. Cam: wo3 xiang3 ba3 tou2fa la1 zhi2.
Conversation1: A:我想把头发拉直。 B:可是我觉得卷发很适合你。
Cam: Now, some girls like to dye their hair a different color. How can they request this? YJ: you can say 我想染头发. CM: wo3 xiang3 ran3 tou2fa. YJ: wo3 xiang3, I want, Cam: wo3 xiang3, YJ: ran3 means to dye, CM: ran3. YJ: tou2fa. Hair. C: tou2fa. Y: wo3 xiang3 ran3 tou2fa. C: wo3 xiang3 ran3 tou2fa. I want to dye my hair.
Conversation2: A:我想染头发. B:你想染什么颜色? A: 棕色怎么样? B: 不错。
YJ: And they can dye their hair different colors, such as brown or chestnut. CM: what’s the Chinese for brown? Y: it’s zong1 se4. C: zong1 se4. Y:zong1 means brown. C: zong1. Y: se4 means color, C: se4. Y: zong1 se4. C: zong1 se4. brown. Then what’s the Chinese for chestnut? Y: it’s li4 se4. C: li4 se4. Y: as li4 means chestnut in Chinese. C: li4. and se4 means color. Y: right. li4 se4. chestnut, C: li4 se4.
Conversation3: A:我想染头发. B:你想染什么颜色? A: 我想染成栗色。 B: 好的。
Y: Cam, you know in some beauty salons, they provide service not only for hair, but also for things like nails…. C: That’s right. Y: How about we tell our female listeners how to say “I would like to have a manicure” C: why not. Y: it’s 我要修一下指甲 C: wo3 yao4 xiu1 yi2xia4 zhi1jia. Y: wo3 yao4 means I’d like to have, C: wo3 yao4. Y: xiu1 means manicure, C: xiu1, Y: yi2xia4, a little bit, C: yi2xia4. Y: zhi1jia. C: zhi1jia. Nails, Y: wo3 yao4 xiu1 yi2xia4 zhi1jia. I would like to have a manicure. C: wo3 yao4 xiu1 yi2xia4 zhi1jia.
Conversation4: A: 我要修一下指甲 B: 好的,请稍等。
Key words Reminder I would like my hair straightened. 我想把头发拉直。I’d like to dye my hair. 我想染头发。Brown. 棕色chestnut 栗色 I would like to have a manicure 我要修一下指甲All in today’s Chinese studio.
Cam: Very useful information Yajie… you are a fei cheng hao laoshi. YJ: Thank you Cam. Time for our question of the day. Cam: How do you say “I’d like to dye my hair” in Chinese? Send your answer to Chinese@crifm.com and you might win a prize. YJ: Mingtian jian!
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