{"id":10832,"date":"2019-11-20T09:04:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T09:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-151-x-039-mas-3\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T09:04:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T09:04:34","slug":"lesson-151-x-039-mas-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/lesson-151-x-039-mas-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 151 X&#039;mas-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">Yajie:&nbsp; It&rsquo;s time to perfect Chinese your way in o<em><\/em>nly  five minutes a day. Welcome to Christmas week on Chinese Studio.&nbsp; Wo shi  Yajie.<br \/>  Cam: And wo shi Cam.&nbsp; Yajie, one of my favorite parts of  Christmas is Christmas dinner!&nbsp; And I want to know how to say some of  that delicious food in Chinese!<br \/>  YJ: let&rsquo;s first listen to key words of the day!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day <br \/>  <\/strong>Turkey. \u706b\u9e21 mashed potatoes  \u571f\u8c46\u6ce5Pumpkin pie, \u5357\u74dc\u6d3e salad. \u6c99\u62c9 Can you please pass the salt and pepper?  \u8bf7\u628a\u76d0\u548c\u80e1\u6912\u9012\u7ed9\u6211\u597d\u5417\uff1f&nbsp; All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>YJ:&nbsp; Wow, so much delicious food for Christmas dinner&hellip; my mouth is watering&hellip;<br \/>  Cam: What&rsquo;s the Chinese for turkey? <br \/>  YJ: it&rsquo;s \u706b\u9e21 (huo3 ji1)<br \/>  Cam: \u706b\u9e21 (huo3 ji1)<br \/>  YJ: which literally means &ldquo;fire chicken&rdquo;.\u706b\u9e21 (huo3 ji1)<br \/>  Cam: interesting, \u706b\u9e21 (huo3 ji1). Also we&rsquo;ll have mashed potatoes. <br \/>  YJ: In Chinese it&rsquo;s: \u571f\u8c46\u6ce5 (tu3 dou4 ni2)<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; \u571f\u8c46\u6ce5 (tu3 dou4 ni2)<br \/>  YJ: tu3 dou4 means potato. <br \/>  Cam: tu3 dou4<br \/>  YJ: ni2 originally means earth or soil, here means a mashed mixture.&nbsp; <br \/>  Cam: ni2 <br \/>  YJ: \u571f\u8c46\u6ce5 (tu3 dou4 ni2)<br \/>  Cam: \u571f\u8c46\u6ce5 (tu3 dou4 ni2) mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>  Conversation1:<br \/>  A\uff1a\u5723\u8bde\u665a\u9910\u4f60\u4eec\u5403\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f<br \/>  B\uff1a \u6211\u4eec\u5403\u706b\u9e21\u8fd8\u6709\u571f\u8c46\u6ce5\u3002<\/p>\n<p>YJ: What else do you usually have for Christmas dinner? <br \/>  Cam: ah&hellip;we&rsquo;ll have pumpkin pie.<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; Isn&rsquo;t it a classic dessert served at Thanksgiving? <br \/>  Cam: Yes, but also we&rsquo;ll have it for Christmas. What&rsquo;s the Chinese for pumpkin pie, Yajie? <br \/>  YJ: it&rsquo;s \u5357\u74dc\u6d3e (nan2 gua1 pai4)<br \/>  Cam: \u5357\u74dc\u6d3e (nan2 gua1 pai4)<br \/>  YJ: nan2 gua1 means pumpkin<br \/>  Cam: nan2 gua1 <br \/>  YJ: nan2 means south,<br \/>  Cam: nan2 <br \/>  YJ: gua1 means melon.&nbsp; <br \/>  Cam: gua1 <br \/>  YJ: nan2 gua1.<br \/>  Cam: nan2 gua1,pumpkin.&nbsp; <br \/>  YJ: pie in Chinese is \u6d3e\uff08pai4\uff09, it&rsquo;s the same with the English pronunciation.<br \/>  Cam: Easy. \u6d3e\uff08pai4\uff09<br \/>  YJ: \u5357\u74dc\u6d3e (nan2 gua1 pai4)<br \/>  Cam: \u5357\u74dc\u6d3e (nan2 gua1 pai4), pumpkin pie. <br \/>  YJ: I know salad is another food you usually have for Christmas. <br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; yes, what&rsquo;s it Chinese, Yajie?<br \/>  YJ: it&rsquo;s \u6c99\u62c9\uff08sha1 la1\uff09 or \u8272\u62c9 (se4 la1). It&rsquo;s another example of similar pronunciation. <br \/>  Cam: right. \u6c99\u62c9\uff08sha1 la1\uff09 or \u8272\u62c9 (se4 la1) sounds like salad.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<br \/>  (1) A: \u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u5403\u5357\u74dc\u6d3e\u5417\uff1f<br \/>  B: \u559c\u6b22\u554a\uff0c\u5357\u74dc\u5bf9\u8eab\u4f53\u5f88\u6709\u597d\u5904\u3002<\/p>\n<p>(2) A: \u4f60\u597d\uff0c\u8bf7\u95ee\u8fd8\u8981\u70b9\u4ec0\u4e48\uff1f<br \/>  B: \u6211\u8fd8\u8981\u4e00\u4efd\u6c99\u62c9\u3002<br \/>  A\uff1a\u597d\u7684\uff0c\u8bf7\u7a0d\u7b49\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Yajie, You know in the west, we don&rsquo;t have the table with a lazy Susan on it like you have in China.<br \/>  YJ: I agree. It&rsquo;s really co<em><\/em>nvenient when a big family is having dinner together. <br \/>  Cam:  Well when we have dinner together, you can hear people say &ldquo;Can you  please pass the salt and pepper?&rdquo; I wo<em><\/em>nder how to say it in Chinese?<br \/>  YJ: It&rsquo;s \u8bf7\u628a\u76d0\u548c\u80e1\u6912\u9012\u7ed9\u6211, \u597d\u5417\uff1f(qing3 ba3 yan2 he2 hu2jiao1 di4gei3wo3 hao3 ma?)<br \/>  Cam: it&rsquo;s a long sentence. <br \/>  YJ: don&rsquo;t worry. qing3 means please.<br \/>  Cam: qing3 <br \/>  YJ: Salt is yan2 <br \/>  Cam: yan2 <br \/>  YJ: pepper is hu2jiao1 <br \/>  Cam: hu2jiao1 <br \/>  YJ: he2 means and<br \/>  Cam: he2 <br \/>  YJ: pass is chuan2 di4, here is short as di4.<br \/>  Cam: di4<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; hao3 ma? it&rsquo;s a polite way of asking.<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; hao3 ma?<br \/>  YJ: \u8bf7\u628a\u76d0\u548c\u80e1\u6912\u9012\u7ed9\u6211, \u597d\u5417\uff1f(qing3 ba3 yan2 he2 hu2jiao1 di4gei3wo3 hao3 ma?)<br \/>  Cam: \u8bf7\u628a\u76d0\u548c\u80e1\u6912\u9012\u7ed9\u6211, \u597d\u5417\uff1f(qing3 ba3 yan2 he2 hu2jiao1 di4gei3wo3 hao3 ma?) Can you please pass the salt and pepper? <br \/>  Conversation3:<br \/>  A: \u8bf7\u628a\u76d0\u548c\u80e1\u6912\u9012\u7ed9\u6211\u597d\u5417\uff1f<br \/>  B: \u6ca1\u95ee\u9898\uff0c\u7ed9\u4f60\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Key Words Reminder <br \/>  Turkey. \u706b\u9e21 mashed potatoes \u571f\u8c46\u6ce5Pumpkin pie, \u5357\u74dc\u6d3e  salad. \u6c99\u62c9 Can you please pass the salt and pepper? \u8bf7\u628a\u76d0\u548c\u80e1\u6912\u9012\u7ed9\u6211\u597d\u5417\uff1f&nbsp; All in  today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-3639519289\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yajie:&nbsp; It&rsquo;s time to perfect Chinese your way in only  five minutes a day. Welcome to Christmas week on Chinese Studio.&nbsp; Wo shi  Yajie.<br \/>\n  Cam: And wo shi Cam.&nbsp; Yajie, one of my favorite parts of  Christmas is Christmas dinner!&nbsp; And I want to know how to say some of  that delicious food in Chinese!<br \/>\n  YJ: let&rsquo;s first listen to key words of the day!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2853],"tags":[370,98,114],"class_list":["post-10832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-for","tag-chinese-studio","tag-pronunciation"],"views":241,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}