Uc Dial 6-10 Ultimate Chinese

Front 1

This Sunday is my little brother's birthday

Back 1

Zhège xīngqīrì shì wŏ dìdi de shēngrì.

Front 2

Can you come over to our house for a dumpling and noodle dinner?

Back 2

Nǐ kě bù kěyǐ lái wŏmen jiā chī jiăozi hé miàntiáo?

Front 3

Of course I can!

Back 3

Dāngrán kěyǐ.

Front 4

Even though I just met your brother, but we already are good friends

Back 4

Suīrán wŏ gāng rènshi nǐ dìdi, kěshì wŏmen yǐjīng shì hăo péngyou.

Front 5

How old will he be this year?

Back 5

Tā jīnnián duōdà suìshù?

Front 6

He'll be 23

Back 6

Tā jīnnián èrshísān suì.

Front 7

When is your birthday?

Back 7

Nǐde shēngrì shì jǐyuè jǐhào?

Front 8

My birthday is September 18

Back 8

Wŏde shēngrì shì jiǔyuè shíbāhào.

Front 9

I'm also 23 (full age)

Back 9

Wŏ yě măn èrshí sān suì.

Front 10

My brother says you like to eat dumplings.

Back 10

Wŏ dìdi shuō nǐ xǐhuan chī jiăozi.

Front 11

Do you also know how to make them (dumplings)?

Back 11

Nǐ yě huì bāo jiăozi ma?

Front 12

Dumplings are my favorite thing to eat, but i can't make them

Back 12

jiăozi shì wŏ zuì xǐhuan chī de fàn, kěshì wŏ bù huì bāo.

Front 13

Do you want to teach me how to do it?

Back 13

Nǐ yào jiāo wŏ zěnme zuò ma?

Front 14

OK, on Sunday let's all make dumplings together

Back 14

Hăo, xīngqīrì wŏmen yìqǐ bāo jiăozi ba.

Front 15

Great! I'll see you on Sunday

Back 15

Hăo, xīngqīrì jiàn!

Front 16

Welcome, welcome. Come in!

Back 16

Huānyíng, huānyíng. Qǐng jìn.

Front 17

Thanks. Your house is really pretty.

Back 17

Xìexie. Nǐ jiā zhēn piàoliang.

Front 18

Can we look around?

Back 18

Wǒmen kě bù kěyǐ cānguān?

Front 19

Oh, I'm too embarrassed, the place is a mess!

Back 19

Bù hǎo yìsi, tài luàn le!

Front 20

You are too polite.

Back 20

Nǐ tài kèqi le.

Front 21

Wenlin, how many rooms does this house have?

Back 21

Wénlín, zhège fángzi yǒu jǐ jiān wūzi?

Front 22

This house has two rooms

Back 22

Zhègew fángzi yǒu liǎng ge fángjiān..

Front 23

plus (it has) a kitchen and a bathroom.

Back 23

...hái yǒu chúfáng hé cèsuǒ.

Front 24

This is the living room, over there is the bedroom.

Back 24

Zhè shì kètīng, nàr shì wòshì.

Front 25

Please have a seat.

Back 25

Qǐng zùo, qǐng zùo!

Front 26

Your house is much more comfortable than ours.

Back 26

Nǐ de fángzi bǐ wǒmen de fángzi shūfu!

Front 27

Oh yes, there are so many windows in this room..

Back 27

Duì a, zhèr de chuānghu zhēn duō…

Front 28

..the house is quite bright.

Back 28

..fángzi hěn liàng.

Front 29

This couch is more comfortable than ours.

Back 29

Zhè tào shāfā bǐ wǒmen de shūfu.

Front 30

Thank you, I really like it, too.

Back 30

Xìexie, wǒ yě tǐng xīhuan de.

Front 31

Are you hungry?

Back 31

Nǐmen è ma?

Front 32

Do you want to eat a little something?

Back 32

Nǐ yào chī yìdiǎnr shénme?

Front 33

Don't worry about it!

Back 33

Bú yòng, bú yòng!

Front 34

The Friendship Store

Back 34

Yǒuyí Shāngdiàn.

Front 35

Sir, miss, do you want a cab?

Back 35

Xiānsheng, xiǎojie, nǐmen zuò chē ma?

Front 36

We're going to the Friendship Store.

Back 36

Wǒmen yào dào Yǒuyí Shāngdiàn.

Front 37

Will you go there?

Back 37

Nǐ qù bú qù?

Front 38

I'll go.

Back 38

Wǒ qù.

Front 39

But the Friendship Store is quite a ways from there.

Back 39

Kěshi, Yǒuyi Shāngdiàn lí zhèr hěn yuǎn.

Front 40

You'll have to pay more.

Back 40

Nǐ yào duō gěi yìdiǎnr qián.

Front 41

David, I think we should take the bus or ride bikes.

Back 41

Dàwèi, wǒ kàn wǒmen zuò gōnggòng qìchē hùozhě qí zìxíngchē ba.

Front 42

Don't worry, Amy, my friend told me..

Back 42

Aiméi, fàngxīn. Wǒ péngyou gàosù wǒ…

Front 43

when (we) take a cab we just need to watch the meter.

Back 43

wǒ zuò chūzūchē yào zhùyì biǎo.

Front 44

But there are so many cars on the road, and so much traffic.

Back 44

Kěshì, xiànzài qìchē hěn duō, jiāotōng yě hěn jǐ…

Front 45

To take the subway from Beijing University to the Friendship Store is also inconvenient.

Back 45

Cóng Běijīng Dàxué dào Yǒuyí Shāngdiàn zuò dìtiě yě bú tài fāngbbiàn.

Front 46

Forget it, I'll find another cab…

Back 46

Suàn le. Suàn le. Wǒ zhǎo biéde chūzūchē.

Front 47

Fine! Fine! I'll go to the Friendship Store.

Back 47

Hǎo ba! Hǎo ba! Wǒ qù Yǒuyí Shāngdiàn.

Front 48

Get in.

Back 48

Qǐng liǎng wèi shàngchē ba.

Front 49

Start the meter. - Fine.

Back 49

Nǐ yào kāi biǎo a! - Hǎo.

Front 50

Going to the Summer Palace.

Back 50

Dào Yíhéyuán.

Front 51

Would you please tell me how to get to the Summer Palace from here?

Back 51

Lǎojià, cóng zhèr qù Yíhéyuán zěnme zǒu?

Front 52

The Summer Palace is not close.

Back 52

Yíhéyuán lí zhèr bú jìn.

Front 53

Don't walk.

Back 53

Bié zǒulù.

Front 54

Take the bus from here to the Summer Palace.

Back 54

Nǐ zuò gōnggòng qìchē cóng zhèr dào Yíhéyuán qù.

Front 55

Okay. Where is the bus stop?

Back 55

Hǎo. Qìchē zhàn zài nǎr?

Front 56

Go straight up this street.

Back 56

Nǐ wàng qiánbiān zǒu yì tiáo jiē.

Front 57

Turn right after the traffic light.

Back 57

Dào hónglǜdēng yǐhòu wàng yòu zhuǎn.

Front 58

The bus stop is on your right.

Back 58

Qìchēzhàn jiù zài yòubiān.

Front 59

Thanks.

Back 59

Xièxie nín.

Front 60

Sure.

Back 60

Bié kèqi.

Front 61

In front of the bus stop.

Back 61

Zài gōnggòng qìchēzhàn qiánmiàn.

Front 62

Excuse me, does this bus go to the Summer Palace.

Back 62

Duìbùqǐ, xiānsheng. Zhè lù chē dào Yíhéyuán ma?

Front 63

You can first take this bus and then you need to change.

Back 63

Nǐ xiān zuò zhè lù chē ránhòu yào huànchē.

Front 64

Where should I transfer?

Back 64

Zài nǎr huàn?

Front 65

Get off at the Beijing Zoo and then get on bus 332.

Back 65

Nǐ zài Běijīng Dòngwùyuán xiàchē, zài huàn sān sān èr lù qìchē.

Front 66

Thanks.

Back 66

Xièxie.

Front 67

Talking about calligraphy.

Back 67

Tán shūfǎ

Front 68

Mr Stone, you're Chinese is quite good (standard).

Back 68

Shí xiānsheng, nǐ de Zhōngguóhuà shuō de zhēn biāozhǔn.

Front 69

You don't have any foreign accent at all.

Back 69

Méiyǒu yìdiǎnr wàiguó kǒuyīn.

Front 70

No, no, you are too polite.

Back 70

Nǎli nǎli, bù gǎndāng.

Front 71

Who taught you Chinese?

Back 71

Nǐ gēn shéi xué Zhōngwén?

Front 72

I studied Chinese in the United States.

Back 72

Wǒ yǐqián zài Měiguó xué Zhōngwén.

Front 73

My Chinese teacher wanted us to speak and read a lot.

Back 73

Wǒ de Zhōngwén lǎoshī yào wǒmen duō shuō, duō kàn.

Front 74

Now that I'm in Beijing, I speak Chinese every day.

Back 74

Xiànzài zài Běijīng, wǒ měitiān dōu shuō Zhōngguòhuà.

Front 75

How about Chinese characters?

Back 75

Zhōngwén zì ne?

Front 76

Can you read and write?

Back 76

Nǐ huì xiě, huì kàn ma?

Front 77

I can read quite well.

Back 77

Wǒ rèn zì rèn de bú cuò.

Front 78

However, Chinese characters are difficult to write.

Back 78

Kěshi Zhōngguó zì bù hǎo xiě.

Front 79

I don't write too many.

Back 79

Wǒ xiě de bù duō.

Front 80

How many characters do you know?

Back 80

Nǐ rènshi duōshǎo Hànzì?

Front 81

About seven or eight hundred.

Back 81

Chàbùduō qī, bā băi ge zì.

Front 82

Not bad!

Back 82

Bù shǎo.

Front 83

You should study Chinese calligraphy.

Back 83

Nǐ yīnggāi xué shūfǎ.

Front 84

That way you might be able to start to understand where the characters come from.

Back 84

Xué shūfǎ de shíhòu nǐ yě kěyǐ duō zhīdào Zhōngwén zì yǒu shénme yìsi.

Front 85

For example, the character for love has a hand on top…

Back 85

Bǐfang shuō 'aì' zì zài shàngmiàn yǒu yǐ zhī shǒu..

Front 86

…a heart in the middle and a food on the bottom.

Back 86

…zhōngjiān yǒu yí ge xīnm xiàmiàn yǒu yì zhī jiǎo.

Front 87

The original meaning was that a person would take his heart in his hands…

Back 87

Yìsi shì yí ge rén, zǒu hěn yuǎn de lù…

Front 88

..and carry it a long distance to give to the person he loves.

Back 88

…yòng shǒu bǎ tā de xīn gěi tā ài de rén.

Front 89

Chinese characters are really interesting.

Back 89

Zhōngwén zì zhēn yǒu yìsi!