{"id":10772,"date":"2019-11-17T19:56:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T19:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-085-pay-the-bill\/"},"modified":"2019-11-17T19:56:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T19:56:18","slug":"lesson-085-pay-the-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/lesson-085-pay-the-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 085 &#8211; Pay the Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">Yajie:&nbsp; Welcome to a brand new week on Chinese Studio.&nbsp; Wo shi Yajie.<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp;  Dajia hao, wo shi Cam.&nbsp; Yajie, the bill paying system is so different  in China.&nbsp; A few weeks ago, my phone was disco<em><\/em>nnected because I hadn&rsquo;t  paid the bill.&nbsp; But I never received a bill!<br \/>  Yajie:&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, in China, we have to pay the bills by a certain time at the bank without receiving any bill.<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; I wish somebody would&rsquo;ve told me!&nbsp; But what do I say when I go to the bank?<br \/>  Yajie:&nbsp; Listen up!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How long is the wait? \u9700\u8981\u7b49\u591a\u957f\u65f6\u95f4\uff1f(xu1yao4 deng3 duo1chang2 shi2jian1).  How can I help you? \u8981\u5e2e\u5fd9\u5417\uff1f(yao4 bang1mang2 ma?) I would like to pay my  phone bill.&nbsp; \u6211\u4ea4\u7535\u8bdd\u8d39\u3002(wo3 jiao1 dian4hua4fei4) I would like to pay my  electricity bill. \u6211\u4ea4\u7535\u8d39\u3002(wo3 jiao1 dian4fei4) All in today&rsquo;s Chinese  Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Okay Yajie&hellip;. So I walk into the bank and I usually see crowds of people.<br \/>  Yajie:&nbsp; Right, banks can be very busy.&nbsp; <br \/>  Cam: So it might be helpful to ask somebody how long the wait will be. How can I say it in Chinese? <br \/>  Yajie: Well you can say \u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u9700\u8981\u7b49\u591a\u957f\u65f6\u95f4\uff1f(qing3 wen4, xu1yao4 deng3 duo1chang2 shi2jian1)<br \/>  Cam: \u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u9700\u8981\u7b49\u591a\u957f\u65f6\u95f4\uff1f(qing3 wen4, xu1yao4 deng3 duo1chang2 shi2jian1)<br \/>  Yajie: \u8bf7\u95ee (qing3 wen4) excuse me. <br \/>  Cam: \u8bf7\u95ee (qing3 wen4).<br \/>  Yajie: \u9700\u8981 (xu1yao4) means need. <br \/>  Cam: \u9700\u8981 (xu1yao4) <br \/>  Yajie: \u7b49(deng3), d-e-n-g, the third tone. wait. <br \/>  Cam: \u7b49(deng3) <br \/>  Yajie: \u591a\u957f\u65f6\u95f4(duo1chang2 shi2jian1), how long, we learned it before, it means how long.<br \/>  Cam: \u591a\u957f\u65f6\u95f4(duo1chang2 shi2jian1). <br \/>  Yajie: \u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u9700\u8981\u7b49\u591a\u957f\u65f6\u95f4\uff1f(qing3 wen4, xu1yao4 deng3 duo1chang2 shi2jian1)<br \/>  Cam:  \u8bf7\u95ee\uff0c\u9700\u8981\u7b49\u591a\u957f\u65f6\u95f4\uff1f(qing3 wen4, xu1yao4 deng3 duo1chang2 shi2jian1), How long  is the wait?&nbsp; But do people often say this at Chinese banks?<br \/>  Yajie:&nbsp; No, not really.&nbsp; Anyhow, it&rsquo;s still a useful ex<em><\/em>pression when you are waiting in other cases.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<\/p>\n<p>Yajie: There may be someone in the bank coming up to offer help. \u8981\u5e2e\u5fd9\u5417\uff1f(yao4 bang1mang2 ma?) How can I help you?<br \/>  Cam: \u8981\u5e2e\u5fd9\u5417\uff1f(yao4 bang1mang2 ma?)<br \/>  Yajie: \u5e2e\u5fd9 \uff08bang1mang2\uff09means help. <br \/>  Cam: \u5e2e\u5fd9 \uff08bang1mang2\uff09.<br \/>  Yajie: \u8981\u5e2e\u5fd9\u5417\uff1f(yao4 bang1mang2 ma?) How can I help you?<br \/>  Cam: \u8981\u5e2e\u5fd9\u5417\uff1f(yao4 bang1mang2 ma?)<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<\/p>\n<p>Cam: How do you say &ldquo;I would like to pay my phone bill.&rdquo; <br \/>  Yajie: \u6211\u4ea4\u7535\u8bdd\u8d39\u3002(wo3 jiao1 dian4hua4fei4)<br \/>  Cam: \u6211\u4ea4\u7535\u8bdd\u8d39\u3002(wo3 jiao1 dian4hua4fei4)<br \/>  Yajie: \u6211(wo3), I. and \u4ea4(jiao1) means to pay. <br \/>  Cam: \u4ea4(jiao1)<br \/>  Yajie: \u7535\u8bdd\u8d39 (dian4hua4fei4), phone bill.<br \/>  Cam: \u7535\u8bdd\u8d39 (dian4hua4fei4).<br \/>  Yajie: \u6211\u4ea4\u7535\u8bdd\u8d39\u3002(wo3 jiao1 dian4hua4fei4) I would like to pay my phone bill.<br \/>  Cam: \u6211\u4ea4\u7535\u8bdd\u8d39\u3002(wo3 jiao1 dian4hua4fei4). Yajie, and I would also like to pay my electricity bill. What is the Chinese for that. <br \/>  Yajie: Listen carefully, it&rsquo;s \u6211\u4ea4\u7535\u8d39\u3002(wo3 jiao1 dian4fei4). \u7535\u8d39, (dian4fei4), electricity bill.\u3000<br \/>  Cam: \u7535\u8d39, (dian4fei4).<br \/>  Yajie: So &ldquo;I would like to pay my electricity bill.&rdquo; is \u6211\u4ea4\u7535\u8d39\u3002(wo3 jiao1 dian4fei4)<br \/>  Cam: \u6211\u4ea4\u7535\u8d39\u3002(wo3 jiao1 dian4fei4)<\/p>\n<p>Conversation3:<\/p>\n<p>Key Words Reminder <br \/>  How long is the wait? \u9700\u8981\u7b49\u591a\u957f\u65f6\u95f4\uff1f(xu1yao4 deng3  duo1chang2 shi2jian1). How can I help you? \u8981\u5e2e\u5fd9\u5417\uff1f(yao4 bang1mang2 ma?) I  would like to pay my phone bill.&nbsp; \u6211\u4ea4\u7535\u8bdd\u8d39\u3002(wo3 jiao1 dian4hua4fei4) I  would like to pay my electricity bill. \u6211\u4ea4\u7535\u8d39\u3002(wo3 jiao1 dian4fei4)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-2352433801\"><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; Welcome to a brand new week on Chinese Studio.&nbsp; Wo shi Yajie.<br \/>\n  Cam:&nbsp;  Dajia hao, wo shi Cam.&nbsp; Yajie, the bill paying system is so different  in China.&nbsp; A few weeks ago, my phone was disconnected because I hadn&rsquo;t  paid the bill.&nbsp; But I never received a bill!<br \/>\n  Yajie:&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, in China, we have to pay the bills by a certain time at the bank without receiving any bill.<br \/>\n  Cam:&nbsp; I wish somebody would&rsquo;ve told me!&nbsp; But what do I say when I go to the bank?<br \/>\n  Yajie:&nbsp; Listen up!<\/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],"class_list":["post-10772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-for","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":222,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}