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Ordering Office Supplies

Ordering Office Supplies
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ID: 0349 Intermediate
You’re dealing with four tones, thousands upon thousands of words, and you’re going to try and shop for your own office supplies? Listen in to this podcast to learn how to order some very essential office supplies in Mandarin Chinese. Or better yet, a lesson on making someone else go to pick up those ballpoint pens, printer paper and markers for you!
Jenny, John
Ordering Office Supplies
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
办公用品 bàngōngyòngpǐn office supplies
用完 yòng wán to use up
登记 dēngjì to register
订 dìng to order
小张我们的办公用品又快用完了你过来登记一下要订的东西哎这家供货商怎么样啊
Xiǎo Zhāng 小张wǒmen de 我们的bàngōngyòngpǐn 办公用品yòu 又kuài 快yòng wán 用完le 了nǐ 你guòlai 过来dēngjì 登记yīxià 一下yào 要dìng 订de 的dōngxi 东西āi 哎zhè 这jiā 家gōnghuòshāng 供货商zěnmeyàng 怎么样ā 啊
Miss Zhang, our office supplies are almost used up again. Come over and itemize what we need to order. Hmm, how is this supplier?
挺好的质量有保证价钱又公道而且送货快售后服务也不错
tǐng 挺hǎo 好de 的zhìliàng 质量yǒu 有bǎozhèng 保证jiàqian 价钱yòu 又gōngdao 公道érqiě 而且sònghuò 送货kuài 快shòuhòu fúwù 售后服务yě 也bùcuò 不错
Quite good. Their quality is garanteed. Their prices are fair and they delivery is fast. Their after-sale service is also pretty good.
这样就好嗯我们需要两箱A4打印纸十盒圆珠笔五十支马克笔哎你想想我们还缺些什么
zhèyàng 这样jiù 就hǎo 好ng4 嗯wǒmen 我们xūyào 需要liǎng 两xiāng 箱A sì A4dǎyìn zhǐ 打印纸shí 十hé 盒yuánzhūbǐ 圆珠笔wǔshí 五十zhī 支mǎkèbǐ 马克笔āi 哎nǐ 你xiǎng xiang 想想wǒmen 我们hái 还quē 缺xiē 些shénme 什么
That’s good. Hmm, we need two boxes of A4 printer paper, 10 boxes of ballpoint pens, 50 markers. Hey, you think about it… what else do we still need?
我们还需要十盒订书钉一百个文件夹还要五十卷透明胶
wǒmen 我们hái 还xūyào 需要shí 十hé 盒dìngshūdīng 订书钉yībǎi 一百ge 个wénjiànjiā 文件夹háiyào 还要wǔshí 五十juǎn 卷tòumíng jiāo 透明胶
We also need 10 boxes of staples, 100 file folders, and 50 rolls of cellophane tape.
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