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Chores 3: Key Words of The Day
Chores 3: Key Words of The Day
Chores 3: Key Words of The Day
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Chores 3
YJ: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day, welcome to Chinese Studio on CRI,
wo shi yajie,
Cam: wo shi Cam.
YJ: Cam, we are busy cleaning the house this week… so I guess maybe one of your hobbies
is doing the laundry…
Cam: Yajie, I have a clean house, but laundry is definitely not one of my favorite things.
YJ: sorry, but we need to continue with our lessons. Today we are going to talk about cleaning
clothes and tidying up the bedroom!
Yajie: Cam, I’d like to change the sheets from time to time, and in Chinese you can say 换
床单 (huan4 chuang2dan1) change the sheets.
Cam: 换床单 (huan4 chuang2dan1)
YJ: 换 (huan4) to change.
Cam: 换 (huan4)
YJ: 床单 (chuang2dan1), sheet.
Cam: 床单 (chuang2dan1)
YJ: 换床单 (huan4 chuang2dan1) to change the sheets.
Cam: 换床单 (huan4 chuang2dan1)
Conversation1:
a. 你的床单该换了。
b. 好的,我马上就换床单。
Cam: And I usually do the laundry on Sundays, what’s the Chinese for that?
YJ: do the laundry is 洗衣服 (xi3 yi1 fu)
Cam: 洗衣服 (xi3 yi1 fu)
YJ: 洗(xi3) means to wash, to clean
Cam: 洗(xi3)
YJ: 衣服 (yi1fu) means clothes,
Cam: 衣服 (yi1fu).
YJ: 洗衣服 (xi3 yi1 fu), do the laundry.
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Cam:洗衣服 (xi3 yi1 fu)it’s convenient to use a washing machine in China, but what’s the
Chinese for that?
YJ: it’s 洗衣机 (xi3yi1ji1)
Cam: 洗衣机 (xi3yi1ji1)
YJ: 洗衣 (xi3 yi1), to wash clothes,
Cam: 洗衣 (xi3 yi1).
YJ: 机 (ji1) is short for 机器 (ji1 qi4) , which means machine,
Cam:机 (ji1)
YJ:洗衣机 (xi3yi1ji1), washing machine.
Cam: 洗衣机 (xi3yi1ji1)
Conversation2:
a. 我想洗衣服。
b. 你可以用洗衣机洗衣服。
Cam: Yajie, after doing the laundry, I need to iron my clothes, but what’s the Chinese for
the iron?
YJ: it’s 熨斗(yun4dou3) the fourth tone, and the third tone.
Cam: 熨斗(yun4dou3). Then how do you say Ironing Board in Chinese?
YJ: It’s 烫衣板 (tang4 yi1 ban3)
Cam: 烫衣板 (tang4 yi1 ban3)
YJ: 烫 (tang4), tang, the fourth tone, means to iron,
Cam: 烫 (tang4)
YJ: 衣 (yi1), is short for 衣服(yi1fu), which means clothes.
Cam: 衣 (yi1),
YJ: 板(ban3), board.
Cam: 板(ban3)
YJ: 烫衣板 (tang4 yi1 ban3) ironing board
Cam: 烫衣板 (tang4 yi1 ban3). yajie, Where is the iron? Did you see the iron?
YJ: sorry, I don’t. maybe you should ask someone else.
Cam: but how do I ask that in Chinese?
YJ: you can say, 熨斗在哪儿?(yun4dou3 zai4 nar3 ?)
Cam:熨斗在哪儿?(yun4dou3 zai4 nar3 ?)
YJ: 熨斗 (yun4dou3), iron.
Cam: 熨斗 (yun4dou3)
YJ: 在哪儿(zai4 nar3), at where.
Cam: 在哪儿(zai4 nar3)
YJ: 熨斗在哪儿?(yun4dou3 zai4 nar3 ?) Where is the iron?
Cam: 熨斗在哪儿?(yun4dou3 zai4 nar3 ?)
Conversation3:
(1) A:熨斗在哪儿?
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B:在抽屉里。
(2) A:你知道熨斗在哪儿吗?
B:就在那个盒子里。
Cam: Yajie, I want to keep learning, but we’ve run out of time again.
YJ: but we still have our question of the day.
Cam: Okay. How do you say, “washing machine” in Chinese?
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