{"id":5876,"date":"2019-11-18T07:20:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T07:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/lesson-017-the-line-039-s-busy\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T07:20:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T07:20:03","slug":"lesson-017-the-line-039-s-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/lesson-017-the-line-039-s-busy\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 017 The Line's Busy."},"content":{"rendered":"
S: Da jia hao! Come and learn hanyu, with Learn Chinese Now!. Woshi S.
M: Woshi ML. \u4eca\u5929 today j\u012bnti\u0101n, we have lots to learn.
S: Yes, we’re going to learn a bit a<\/em>bout phoning, and some numbers. Try to mimic everything.
M\uff1aStuart is using my mobile phone. \u4ed6\u5728\u7528\u6211\u7684\u624b\u673a\u3002Ta zai yong wo de shouji.
S: \u6211\u5728\u6253\u7535\u8bdd\u3002Wo zai da dianhua.
S: Busy! \u5360\u7ebf\uff0czhàn xiàn. I’ll try again. \u6211\u518d\u6253\u4e00\u904d\u3002W\u01d2 zài d\u01ce y\u012b biàn.\u7535\u8bdd\u53f7\u7801\u662f\uff0cdianhua hàom\u01ce shi 0 123 , líng y\u012b èr s\u0101n.
S: \u8fd8\u662f\u5360\u7ebf\u3002Hái shì zhàn xiàn. \u6211\u518d\u6253\u4e00\u904d\u3002Wo zai da yi bian. Ling yi er san. Ling yi er san.
VOICE – \u5582? wéi.
S: \u4f60\u597d\u3002\u739b\u4e3d\u5728\u5417? M\u01celì zài ma?
VOICE: \u6253\u9519\u4e86\u3002 D\u01ce cuò le.
M: Poor Stuart. \u5360\u7ebf\uff0c\u7136\u540e\uff0c\u6253\u9519\u4e86\u3002First it’s busy, then, wrong number. Zhànxiàn, ránhòu, d\u01ce cuò le!
S: Oh dear. Let’s go over the new words, then I’ll try again.
M: First, we had, \u5360\u7ebf\uff0cZHAN XIAN, zhan xian. Literally meaning, ‘occupy line’. So, zhànxiàn, line’s busy. Hái shì zhàn xiàn. It’s still busy. Hái shì zhàn xiàn.
S: Then we heard a few numbers. Try zero to three, everybody.
M: Zero líng, one, y\u012b, two, èr, three, s\u0101n. Again, ling, yi er san, ling, yi er san. \u597d!
S: And I’ll dial again. Wo zai da yi bian.
M: \u518d ZAI zài, here means ‘again’. Zài. It’s the same zài as in, can you guess? Dui le! Same as in \u518d\u89c1\uff0czàijian, again see, or, ‘see you’. D\u01ce y\u012b biàn. yi bian, YI BIAN, means ‘one time’. So, zài d\u01ce y\u012b biàn. dial again. Zai da yi bian. Wo zai da yi bian.
S: Then I said, ‘dianhua haoma shi’
M: \u7535\u8bdd\u53f7\u7801\u3002Hàom\u01ce HAO MA hàom\u01ce, is ‘number’. So what does ‘dianhua haoma shi yi er san’ mean? Right. The telephone number is 1 2 3.
S: And how do people answer in China. Right, it’s usually with, \u5582, wéi. Say it everybody, wéi.
M: Wéi, that’s not too difficult! Then Stuart asked, ‘is Mary there?’
S: Mali zai ma?
M: Is Mary there?
S: And then, the dreaded answer…
VOICE: \u6253\u9519\u4e86\uff0cd\u01ce cuò le!
M: Cuò CUO cuò, 4th tone, means ‘wrong’. Da cuo le, dialed wrong, meaning, ‘wrong number’. Say it, da cuo le, da cuo le. Fei chang hao.
S: W\u01d2 zài d\u01ce y\u012b biàn. Dianhua hàom\u01ce shi, líng y\u0101o èr s\u0101n. Ling yao er san.
S: Hái shì zhàn xiàn! Wo zai da yi bian. Ling yao er san. Ling yao er san.
VOICE – \u5582, wéi.
S: \u4f60\u597d. M\u01celì zài ma?
VOICE: D\u01ce cuò le!
M: Da cuo le! What a way to end our lesson. Let’s hope Stuart does better next time.
S: Me too. But did you hear the other word for ‘one’? Yes, it’s y\u0101o. We usually say y\u0101o YAO y\u0101o instead of y\u012b for telephone numbers and such. Ok, that’s all for today, and don’t forget to practice! Zai jian.
M: Zaijian!
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