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Making Travel Arrangements II I
Y: Its travel preparation week on Chinese Studio. 5 minutes a day, and you will be perfecting
your Chinese. Wo shi Y.
B: Da jia hao, wo shi B. Welcome along for the ride. Ive got a few more questions for you
today Y, ke2 yi3 ma?
Y: Thats always a good sign. Lets look at our key words of the day.
Key words of the day
Passport visaIve got a Multiple entry visa
Customs Ive got nothing to declare. .Souvenirs All in todays
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B: lets say I want to fly to HK, with my passport too of course. Yajie, whats the Chinese word
for passport?
Y: its hu4 zhao4. Weve mentioned it before.
B: hu4 zhao4 Ive got my hu4 zhao4, I also need a visa.
Y: Ah, you mean a qian1 zheng4.
B: qian1 zheng4. Im lucky; Ive actually got a multiple entry visa. How do I say that?
Y: is a multiple entry visa.B: duo1 ci4 ru2 jing4 qian1 zheng4.
Y: duo1 ci4 means multiple,
B: duo1 ci4
Y: ru2 jing4 means entry,
B: ru2 jing4
Y: qian1 zheng4 means visa,
B: qian1 zheng4
Y: duo1 ci4 ru2 jing4 qian1 zheng4
B: duo1 ci4 ru2 jing4 qian1 zheng4 a multiple entry visa. Then how do I say Ive got a multiple
entry visa.
Y: And you can say,
B: wo3 de shi4 duo1 ci4 ru2 jing4 qian1 zheng4
Y: wo3 de means mine, my passport,
B: wo3 de,
Y: shi4 means is.
B: shi4.
Y: wo3 de shi4 duo1 ci4 ru2 jing4 qian1 zheng4
B: wo3 de shi4 duo1 ci4 ru2 jing4 qian1 zheng4 Ive got a multiple entry visa.
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Conversation 1
1A:
B:
2A
B
B: When we fly internationally we need to pass through customs. Whats that Y?
Y: its hai3 guan1.
B: hai3 guan1. And Ill say, Ive got nothing to declare.
Y: you mean.
B: wo3 mei2 you3 shen2me dong1xi yao4 shen1 bao4.
Y: wo3 means I,
B: wo3,
Y: mei2 you3 means not,
B: mei2 you3,
Y: shen2me dong1xi anything,
B: shen2me dong1 xi
Y: mei2 you3 shen2me dong1xi, have nothing,
B: mei2 you3 shen2me dong1xi
Y: yao4 means need,
B: yao4
Y: shen1 bao4 means declare,
B: shen1 bao4,Y: wo3 mei2 you3 shen2me dong1xi yao4 shen1 bao4
B: wo3 mei2 you3 shen2me dong1xi yao4 shen1 bao4 Ive got nothing to declare.
Conversation2
A:
B:
B: I usually end up with far more luggage to come home with than I took.
Y: Ah, you like souvenirs,
B: Right, Souvenirs. They make great gifts and provide wonderful memories. How do you say
that in Chinese Yajie?
Y: its ji4 nian4 pin3.
B: ji4 nian4 pin3.
Y: ji4 nian4 means memorable.
B: ji4 nian4
Y: pin3 means gift,
B: pin3,
Y: ji4 nian4 pin3
B: ji4 nian4 pin3 souvenirs.
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Conversation 3
A:
B:
Key words reminder
Passport visaIve got a Multiple entry visa
Customs Ive got nothing to declare. .Souvenirs All in todays
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B: My bags are packed and Im ready to go.
Y: Hey thats a good line, you should use it in a song B.
B: Maybe someone already has. Its time for us to disappear. Question time though.
Y: Yes, how do you say, Ive got nothing to declare? in Chinese?