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Dinner Guest
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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 0326Elementary
That “Cocktail Party” lesson got you an invite to dinner, and you even went as far to buy the traditional gift of “duck neck” to hand over to your guest. But what say you when the door is opened? In this podcast, learn some Chinese etiquette on being a good guest, in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny, Ken
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Detailed Vocabulary
Each lesson has it's unique vocabulary and will provide you with definitions and recordings so you can practice the pronunciation. You will also be able to grasp the core material of a lesson at a glance. Here we're showing you the Simplified Chinese version.
SIMPLIFIED
PINYIN
ENGLISH
脱
tuō
to take off
鞋子
xiézi
shoes
拖鞋
tuōxié
slippers
干净
gānjìng
clean
你好好久不见
nǐhǎo 你好hǎojiǔ bùjiàn 好久不见
Hi! Long time no see!
你来了请进请进
nǐ 你lái le 来了qǐng 请jìn 进qǐng 请jìn 进
You’re here! Come in, come in.
需要脱鞋子吗
xūyào 需要tuō 脱xiézi 鞋子ma 吗
Do I need to take my shoes off?
这双拖鞋是干净的
zhè 这shuāng 双tuōxié 拖鞋shì 是gānjìng 干净de 的
This pair of slippers is clean.
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