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Post Office I: Key Words of The Day
Post Office I: Key Words of The Day
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Post Office I
Post Office. 邮局 where is the post office? 邮局在哪?China Post. 中国邮政. I’d like to mail a
letter. 我要寄封信。I want to send a package to Hongkong. 我要寄个包裹去香港。
Conversation1:
A:请问 邮局在哪?
B:就在前面拐角处。
C: And in China, I see they are all called China Post, so do I pronounce that differently?
Y: It’s zhong1 guo2 you2 zheng4.
C: zhong1 guo2 you2 zheng4.
Y: zhong1 guo2 means China,
C: zhong1 guo2
Y: you2 zheng4 means postal service,
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C: you2 zheng4.
Y: zhong1 guo2 you2 zheng4.
C: zhong1 guo2 you2 zheng4. China Post.
C: So once I’m inside, I’ll want to mail a letter.
Y: You can say wo3 yao4 ji4 feng1 xin4.
C: wo3 yao4 ji4 feng1 xin4.
Y: wo3 means I,
C: wo3,
Y: yao4 means need to do something,
C: yao4.
Y: ji4 means mail,
C: ji4.
Y: feng1 is a measure word of letter, it’s short for yi4 feng1, which means one,
C: right. In English we just say a letter. Yi4 feng1.
Y: and letter is xin4.
C: xin4.
Y: wo3 yao4 ji4 feng1 xin4.
C: wo3 yao4 ji4 feng1 xin4. I want to mail a letter.
Conversation2:
A:我要寄封信。你知道邮局在哪吗?
B: 看到中国邮政几个字了吗?就在前面。
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Conversation3:
A:我要寄个包裹。
B:寄到哪?
A:寄到香港。
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