{"id":4533,"date":"2019-11-18T13:54:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T13:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-wordsvocabulary\/learn-a-few-store-related-chinese-words-and-read-humor-in-chinese-beginner\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T13:54:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T13:54:27","slug":"learn-a-few-store-related-chinese-words-and-read-humor-in-chinese-beginner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/learn-a-few-store-related-chinese-words-and-read-humor-in-chinese-beginner\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn a few \u201cstore\u201d related Chinese words and read humor in Chinese [Beginner]"},"content":{"rendered":"
The path of building vocabulary in Chinese is not an easy one. You should not o<\/em>nly be able to learn new o<\/em>nes in a steady pace, but also be able to repeat them in your memory on a regular basis. ba<\/em>sed on my own experience on language learning, the best way of recalling a newly learned word is to recall wher it was learned from. Jokes and humor are good “containers” of new words since they are usually easier to remember than example sentences that came from nowher.<\/p>\n

Today we’ll learn a few “store” related Chinese words and then enjoy a short humor story that co<\/em>ntains the new words we learned. Since there are o<\/em>nly basic sentence patterns in the humor I’m not expecting any challenges for beginners in terms of grammar. See if it can help you to understand and memorize those new words better.<\/p>\n

In China, store is generally called “\u5546\u5e97 sh\u0101ngdiàn“. Stores give small gifts away to attract customers. “Giving things away” can be called “\u53d1\u9001 f\u0101sòng” in Chinese. “To receive” can be called “\u9886 l\u01d0ng“. The employee that works in the store can be called “\u5e97\u5458 diànyuán“, such as salesclerk, cashier etc.<\/p>\n

Since it’s Beginner level reading material, I stro<\/em>ngly suggest you to read through the whole text without look up first. If you can understand everything, that’s wonderful. If you can get the gist of it, not bad. If it’s really difficult for you, then go ahead look them up.<\/p>\n

It all started when \u6c14\u7403 qìqiú (balloons) are being given away freely in a store …
\u5546\u5e97     \u5546\u5e97     shang1 dian4     store; shop
\u5e97\u5458     \u5e97\u54e1     dian4 yuan2     shop assistant; salesclerk
\u53d1\u9001     \u767c\u9001     fa1 song4     to hand out; to dispatch
\u9886     \u9818     ling3     to receive
\u6c14\u7403     \u6c23\u7403     qi4 qiu2     balloon<\/p>\n

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[simplified Chinese]<\/p>\n

\u5546\u5e97\u91cc\u53d1\u9001\u6c14\u7403\u3002<\/p>\n

\u4e00\u4e2a\u7537\u5b69\u60f3\u8981\u4e24\u4e2a\u6c14\u7403\u3002<\/p>\n

\u5e97\u5458\u8bf4\uff1a“\u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u53ea\u7ed9\u6bcf\u4e2a\u5b69\u5b50\u4e00\u4e2a\u6c14\u7403\u3002\u4f60\u6709\u5f1f\u5f1f\u5417\uff1f”<\/p>\n

\u7537\u5b69\u60f3\u4e86\u4e00\u60f3, \u8bf4\uff1a“\u6211\u6ca1\u6709\u5f1f\u5f1f\u3002\u4f46\u662f\u6211\u59d0\u59d0\u6709\u4e2a\u5f1f\u5f1f\uff0c\u6211\u60f3\u7ed9\u4ed6\u9886\u4e00\u4e2a\u3002”<\/p>\n

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[traditio<\/em>nal Chinese]<\/p>\n

\u5546\u5e97\u88cf\u767c\u9001\u6c23\u7403\u3002<\/p>\n

\u4e00\u500b\u7537\u5b69\u60f3\u8981\u5169\u500b\u6c23\u7403\u3002<\/p>\n

\u5e97\u54e1\u8aaa\uff1a“\u5c0d\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u6211\u5011\u53ea\u7d66\u6bcf\u500b\u5b69\u5b50\u4e00\u500b\u6c23\u7403\u3002\u4f60\u6709\u5f1f\u5f1f\u55ce\uff1f”<\/p>\n

\u7537\u5b69\u60f3\u4e86\u4e00\u60f3, \u8aaa\uff1a“\u6211\u6c92\u6709\u5f1f\u5f1f\u3002\u4f46\u662f\u6211\u59d0\u59d0\u6709\u500b\u5f1f\u5f1f\uff0c\u6211\u60f3\u7d66\u4ed6\u9818\u4e00\u500b\u3002”<\/p>\n

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[pinyin]<\/p>\n

sh\u0101ngdiàn l\u01d0 f\u0101sòng qìqiú\u3002<\/p>\n

y\u012b gè nánhái xi\u01cengyào li\u01ceng gè qìqiú\u3002<\/p>\n

diànyuán shu\u014d\uff1a“ duìbuq\u01d0\uff0c w\u01d2men zh\u01d0 g\u011bi m\u011bi gè háizi y\u012b gè qìqiú\u3002 n\u01d0 y\u01d2u dìdi ma\uff1f”<\/p>\n

nánhái xi\u01ceng le y\u012b xi\u01ceng, shu\u014d\uff1a“ w\u01d2 méiy\u01d2u dìdi\u3002 dànshì w\u01d2 ji\u011bjie y\u01d2u gè dìdi\uff0c w\u01d2 xi\u01ceng g\u011bi t\u0101 l\u01d0ng y\u012b gè\u3002”<\/p>\n

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[English translation]<\/p>\n

The store was sending out balloons.<\/p>\n

A boy wanted to get two balloons.<\/p>\n

The salesclerk said to him:”Sorry, we o<\/em>nly give one balloon to one child. Do you have a brother?”<\/p>\n

The boy thought for a moment and said:”I don’t have brothers. But my sister have one, I want to get one for him too.”
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