Tag: learn chinese

Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day. 大家好. Welcome to Chinese Studio. This is Yajie.
Cam: 大家好, and this is Cam. We learned how to ask the location of something last time.  But when I say yin hang zai nar, which means “where is the bank”, what would the answer be?
Yajie: Good question.  Let’s check today’s Key Words of the Day.

Yajie: 大家好. This is Yajie. Welcome to the Chinese Studio.
Cam: 大家好(dajia hao). This is Cam. Time flies. Again it comes to the end if the week. Time for us to review what we’ve learned this week.
Yajie: Yes. First let’s check Sentences in the week.
 
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This week we’ve mainly focused on the weather. 天气 , weather. 预报, forecast.  今天比昨天热。Today's hotter than yesterday. 热, hot. 冷, cold. 凉快, cool. 刮风, to blow. 下雨, to rain. 下雪, to snow.
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Yajie: 早上好 everybody. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I'm Yajie.
Cam: Zao shang hao… it's time to perfect Chinese in only 5 minutes a day.
Yajie: Last time we talked about weather. Today we'll continue with the topic and learn an important word — “比”.
Cam:  Doesn't that mean pen?
Yajie:  No no… listen carefully to Key Words of the Day!

Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Hi everyone, Welcome to this edition of Chinese Studio. I’m Yajie.
Cam: 早上好(zaoshang hao). And I’m Cam. You know Yajie, I’m planning a trip to Chicago in the United States.  Its nickname is the “windy city”.  How do I say “windy” in Chinese?
Yajie: Just listen up!

Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way，in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio on China Radio International. I’m Yajie.
Cam: And I’m Cam. We have reached the end of the week once again.
Yajie: So it’s the right time for us to review what we have learned during this week.

Yajie: 早上好，everyone. Thanks for joining us again on Chinese Studio. I'm Yajie.
Cam: 大家早上好(dàjiā zǎoshang hǎo), I’m Cam. As summer comes it's becoming hotter and hotter here in Beijing. And sometimes we even get a mid-summer rainfall. So it's quite important to learn some key words about weather.
Yajie:  Right. Let's listen to our Key Words of the Day.

Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to our Chinese Studio. 早上好 everybody, I’m Yajie.
Cam: And I’m Cam. 早上好(zǎoshang hǎo). What shall we learn today?
Yajie: Last time we learned some expressions when shopping. 元(yuan), 角(jiao), 分(fen).
Cam: 元(yuan), 角(jiao), 分(fen). I also remember 块 (kuai) and 毛 (mao), like六块(liu kuai) and 一毛(yi mao)..
Yajie: Right. 六块(liu kuai) is six yuan ，and一毛(yi mao) is 0.1 yuan.
Cam: OK. Then if I want to buy something, I can ask the seller in Chinese “这个多少钱？” (zhège duōshao qián?) How much is it? Right?
Yajie: Exactly. 这个多少钱？How much is it? If you are not satisfied with the price, In China, you can begin bargaining, and that is what we are going to learn today.
 
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Today we’ll learn expressions for bargaining, and they are: 太贵了，能不能便宜点儿？That’s too expensive. Could it be a little bit cheaper? All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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