Tag: Chinese Conversation

Word on street 备荒食物 Food reserves (bèi huāng shí wù) A: My stomach gave me so much pain this afternoon.

Chat attack A: How do you like this place?
你觉得这儿怎么样？
(nǐ juéde zhèr zěnmeyàng?)

Beijiing dialect 问个底儿掉 (wèngè dǐ’r diào) To ask for the exact details of something or someone A: Did you tell

Movie lines Dark Shadows 黑暗阴影 (hei an yin ying) A: Everybody looks like they’re moving at half speed today. 今天大家工作速度只有一半。

Chat attack A: How come there is no Internet signal in the dormitory? 宿舍怎么可以没有网络信号！ (sùshè zěnme kěyǐ méiyǒu wǎngluò xìnhào!)

Chat attack A: I don’t know why I feel so sleepy today.
不知怎么今天特别犯困。
(bùzhī zěnme jīntiān tèbié fànkùn.)

归置
(guīzhì)To tidy up A: Come and help me tidy up our house, honey.
亲爱的,速度帮我归置归置屋子。
(qīnàide, sùdù bāngwǒ guīzhì guīzhì wūzi.)

Word on street 新生恐惧症
Freshman-phobia
(xīn shēng kǒng jù zhèng)