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Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I’m
Yajie.
Cam: Hi, everyone, I’m Cam. Ni hao ma?
Yajie: Hai xing！Last time we learned some Spring Festival greetings.
Cam: Yes, during the Spring Festival you can say 祝你春节快乐(zhù nǐ chūnjié kuàilè)!
Yajie: Well done. 祝你春节快乐(zhù nǐ chūnjié kuàilè)! I wish you a happy Spring Festival.
Cam: Or they will send their best wishes by saying “祝您全家幸福！(zhù nín quánjiā xìngfú!)”.
Yajie: Right. Another saying is 祝你万事如意！ “All the best!” Today we’ll continue with the
topic of celebrating holidays or birthdays. First let’s check our key words of the day!

************Key words of the day

Today we’ll learn some popular holiday and birthday expressions. 我送你一件礼物，请收下。谢
谢你的礼物！您太客气了。All in today’s Chinese Studio.

Cam: In Canada, people usually bring a gift when attending a birthday party. Is it the same
here in China?
Yajie: Yes. More and more people bring gifts for the birthday boy or girl.
Cam: What do you say in Chinese when you are presenting a gift?
Yajie: Well, you could say 我送你一件礼物，请收下(wǒ sòng nǐ yí jiàn lǐwù, qǐng shōuxià.)。
Literally it means “here’s a present, please accept it”.
Cam: Such a long sentence. This is going to be tough!
Yajie: Well. No worries. Let’s learn it one by one. 我 is I. We’ve learned it before. Right?
Cam: Yes. 我 (wǒ) is I. And 你(nǐ) is you.
Yajie: Exactly. 送 is a verb. It means sending. 送, s-o-n-g, the fourth tone. 送.
Cam: 送(sòng).
Yajie: 一 is the number one. It means you are giving one present.
Cam: yi
Yajie: 件, here is a measure word. Generally speaking it means piece. 件, j-i-a-n, the fourth
tone.
Cam:一件 (yí jiàn).
Yajie: Here comes the word 礼物(lǐwù), gift. 礼, l-i, the third tone. 物, w-u, the forth tone. 礼
物(lǐwù)
Cam: 礼物(lǐwù).

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Yajie: 请收下 means please accept it! 请, the third tone, means please.
Cam: 请 (qǐng).
Yajie: 收下, accept it. 收, s-h-o-u, the first tone..
Cam: 收 (shōu).
Yajie:下, xià.
Cam: 下(xià).
Yajie: 请收下(shōu xià). Please accept it.
Yajie: So together 我送你一件礼物，请收下
Cam: wǒ sòng nǐ yí jiàn lǐwù, qǐng shōuxià

Yajie: Well, from the conversation you may learn the answer to 我送您一件礼物 could be 谢谢
你的礼物！您太客气了 Thank you for your present, that’s very kind of you.
Cam: 谢谢你的礼物, 您太客气了(xièxie).

**********Key words reminder

Today we’ve learned some popular holiday and birthday expressions.我送你一件礼物，请收下.
Here’s a present. Please accept it. 谢谢你的礼物！您太客气了。 Thank you for your gift. That’s
very kind of you.
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Yajie: Well, that wraps up this edition of Chinese Studio. But before we finish it, here comes
our question of the day: What do you say in Chinese when you are presenting a gift?

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