{"id":10780,"date":"2019-11-18T03:54:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T03:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-093-making-a-phone-call-1\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T03:54:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T03:54:46","slug":"lesson-093-making-a-phone-call-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/lesson-093-making-a-phone-call-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 093 &#8211; Making a Phone Call (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">Cam:&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a fresh new week here on Chinese Studio.&nbsp; Dajia hao.&nbsp; Wo shi Cam.<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp;  And I&rsquo;m Yajie &ndash; it&rsquo;s time to perfect Chinese your way in o<em><\/em>nly 5 minutes  a day.&nbsp; And this week we are going to focus on something that will be  very useful for foreigners in China.<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; Yes, this will be.&nbsp; How to talk on the phone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day <\/strong><br \/>  Hello, I&rsquo;d like to speak to  Mr. Lee.. \u60a8\u597d\u3002\u6211\u627e\u674e\u5148\u751f\u3002 I&rsquo;m sorry, he&rsquo;s not in at the moment. \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u73b0\u5728\u4ed6\u4e0d\u5728\u3002  Would you like to leave a message? \u60a8\u8981\u7559\u8a00\u5417\uff1fAll in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Cam: So Yajie, I tried calling your home the other day and your mom answered.&nbsp; And I didn&rsquo;t know what to say!<br \/>  Yajie: Well, in that case you may say &ldquo;\u60a8\u597d\u3002\u6211\u627eyajie\u3002(nin2 hao3\uff0c.wo3 zhao3 ya4jie2)&rdquo; . Hello, I&rsquo;d like to speak to Yajie.<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; \u60a8\u597d\u3002\u6211\u627eyajie\u3002(nin2 hao3\uff0c.wo3 zhao3 ya4jie2)&rdquo; <br \/>  YJ: \u60a8\u597d\u3002(nin2 hao3), hello, usually you will say &ldquo;\u5582\uff08wei2\uff09&rdquo; when you answer the phone. \u5582\uff08wei2\uff09, the second tone. <br \/>  Cam: \u5582\uff08wei2\uff09<br \/>  YJ: \u6211 means I.<br \/>  Cam: \u6211\uff0cwo3. <br \/>  YJ: \u627e\uff0c originally means to look for. Of course here it means I would love to speak to someone. <br \/>  Cam: That&rsquo;s much easier, just one word. Zhao3.<br \/>  YJ\uff1awei, wo zhao Cam&hellip; <br \/>  Cam: I see. Then I just need to put the person&rsquo;s name directly after zhao3, right? <br \/>  YJ: right.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<\/p>\n<p>YJ: As you heard in the conversation, if he or she is not in at the  moment, you may say &ldquo;\u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u73b0\u5728\u5979\u4e0d\u5728\u3002(dui4buqi3, xian4zai4 ta1 bu2 zai4.)&rdquo; I&rsquo;m  sorry, he or she is not in at the moment.<br \/>  Cam: \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u73b0\u5728\u5979\u4e0d\u5728\u3002(dui4buqi3, xian4zai4 ta1 bu2 zai4.)<br \/>  YJ: \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77 (dui4buqi3), sorry. <br \/>  Cam: \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77 (dui4buqi3)<br \/>  YJ: \u73b0\u5728 (xian4zai4), at the moment.&nbsp; <br \/>  Cam: \u73b0\u5728 (xian4zai4)<br \/>  YJ: \u5979(ta1) means he\/she. <br \/>  Cam: \u5979(ta1)<br \/>  YJ: \u4e0d\u5728 (bu4 zai4), not in.<br \/>  Cam: \u4e0d\u5728 (bu4 zai4)<br \/>  YJ: \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u73b0\u5728\u5979\u4e0d\u5728\u3002(dui4buqi3, xian4zai4 ta1 bu2 zai4.)<br \/>  Cam: \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u73b0\u5728\u5979\u4e0d\u5728\u3002(dui4buqi3, xian4zai4 ta1 bu2 zai4.) I&rsquo;m sorry, he or she is not in at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<\/p>\n<p>  Cam: Yajie, one of your friends just called, but you weren&rsquo;t here, how should I say &ldquo;would you like to leave a message&rdquo;?<br \/>  YJ: That&rsquo;s&nbsp; so sweet, Cam. You can say&nbsp; \u60a8\u8981\u7559\u8a00\u5417\uff1f(nin2 yao4 liu2 yan2 ma1?) <br \/>  Cam: \u60a8\u8981\u7559\u8a00\u5417\uff1f(nin2 yao4 liu2 yan2 ma1?) <br \/>  YJ: \u60a8 is you.&nbsp; <br \/>  Cam: \u60a8\uff08nin2\uff09<br \/>  YJ: \u8981\uff08yao4\uff09, want to.<br \/>  Cam:\u8981\uff08 yao4\uff09.<br \/>  YJ: \u7559 \uff08liu2\uff09 means&nbsp;to leave.<br \/>  Cam: \u7559 \uff08liu2\uff09<br \/>  YJ: \u8a00 \uff08yan2\uff09 is abbreviation for message in Chinese, the second tone. <br \/>  Cam: \u8a00\uff08yan2\uff09<br \/>  YJ: \u7559\u8a00\uff08liu2 yan2\uff09, to leave a message. <br \/>  Cam: \u7559\u8a00\uff08liu2 yan2\uff09.<br \/>  YJ: \u60a8\u8981\u7559\u8a00\u5417\uff1f(nin2 yao4 liu2 yan2 ma1?) would you like to leave a message. <br \/>  Cam: \u60a8\u8981\u7559\u8a00\u5417\uff1f(nin2 yao4 liu2 yan2 ma1?)<\/p>\n<p>  Conversation3:<\/p>\n<p>Key Words Reminder<\/p>\n<p>Hello, I&rsquo;d like to speak to Mr. Lee. &nbsp;\u60a8\u597d\u3002\u6211\u627e\u674e\u5148\u751f\u3002 I&rsquo;m sorry, he&rsquo;s not  in at the moment. \u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u73b0\u5728\u4ed6\u4e0d\u5728\u3002 Would you like to leave a message? \u60a8\u8981\u7559\u8a00\u5417\uff1f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-1427792408\"><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>Cam:&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a fresh new week here on Chinese Studio.&nbsp; Dajia hao.&nbsp; Wo shi Cam.<br \/>\n  YJ:&nbsp;  And I&rsquo;m Yajie &ndash; it&rsquo;s time to perfect Chinese your way in only 5 minutes  a day.&nbsp; And this week we are going to focus on something that will be  very useful for foreigners in China.<br \/>\n  Cam:&nbsp; Yes, this will be.&nbsp; How to talk on the phone.<\/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":[98],"class_list":["post-10780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":164,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}