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Snacks 1: Key Words of The Day
Snacks 1: Key Words of The Day
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Snacks 1
Y: Time flies when you’re filling your belly and it’s another food-filled week here in the
Chinese Studio. Dajia hao, come on in, wo shi Y.
B: And wo shi B. Learning Chinese can be fun, as I’m finding out with all these tempting
culinary delights on offer. I’ve still pretty full from last week, how about getting by on snacks
this week Y?
Y: That’ll be good for both of this. And to whet the snacketite, here are some juicy keywords.
B: One of the wonders of 5000 years of Chinese culture is of course the cuisine. Wherever I
turn here in Beijing or anywhere else in China, there’s a snack to be had.
Y: We call those, xiao3 chi1.
B: xiao3 chi1.
Y: xiao3 means small,
B: xiao3,
Y: chi1 literally means eat,
B: chi1,
Y: xiao3 chi1,
B: xiao3 chi1, snack, and what about places selling snack? What do we call them?
Y: They’re xiao3 chi1 tan1.
B: xiao3 chi1 tan1.
Y: xiao3 chi1, snack,
B: xiao3 chi1,
Y: tan1 means stand, like what we learned in our previous show, fruit stand in Chinese is:
shui2 guo3 tan1.
B: got it, tan1.
Y: xiao3 chi1 tan1
B: xiao3 chi1 tan1, snack stand.
Conversation 1
A: 有点饿了。咱们去吃点儿小吃吧。
B: 好呀。前面就有小吃摊。
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B: Let me try that: dang1 di4 you3 shen2me te4 se4 xiao3 chi1?
Y: dang1 di4 means the local,
B: dang1 di4,
Y: you3 literally means have,
B: you3,
Y: shen2me means what,
B: shen2me,
Y: te4 se4 means specialty,
B: te4 se4,
Y: xiao3 chi1 means snack,
B: xiao3 chi1,
Y: dang1 di4 you3 shen2me te4 se4 xiao3 chi1?
B: dang1 di4 you3 shen2me te4 se4 xiao3 chi1? What’s the local specialty?
Conversation 2
A: 当地有什么特色小吃?
B: 尝尝臭豆腐吧,很有名的。
Conversation 3
A: 臭豆腐好吃吗?
B: 当然了。闻起来臭,吃起来香。
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B: Scrummy, yummy, and now a full tummy, although they’re snacks, they are very filling,
I’m taking 5 minutes rest, hao ba?
Y: Okay, and I’ll take a little digestion break too, but not before our question of the day. How
do you say, “Snack” in Chinese?
B: Send us the correct answer in an email to Chinese@crifm.com. Don’t forget, as always,
there’s a prize at stake as well. Mingtian jian.
Y: Mingtian jian.
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