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Making Travel Arrangements II I

Y: Its travel preparation week on Chinese Studio. 5 minutes a day, and you will be perfecting

your Chinese. Wo shi Y.

B: Da jia hao, wo shi B. Welcome along for the ride. Ive got a few more questions for you

today Y, ke2 yi3 ma?

Y: Thats always a good sign. Lets look at our key words of the day.

Key words of the day

Passport visaIve got a Multiple entry visa

Customs Ive got nothing to declare. .Souvenirs All in todays

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B: lets say I want to fly to HK, with my passport too of course. Yajie, whats the Chinese word

for passport?

Y: its hu4 zhao4. Weve mentioned it before.

B: hu4 zhao4 Ive got my hu4 zhao4, I also need a visa.

Y: Ah, you mean a qian1 zheng4.

B: qian1 zheng4. Im lucky; Ive actually got a multiple entry visa. How do I say that?

Y: is a multiple entry visa.B: duo1 ci4 ru2 jing4 qian1 zheng4.

Y: duo1 ci4 means multiple,

B: duo1 ci4

Y: ru2 jing4 means entry,

B: ru2 jing4

Y: qian1 zheng4 means visa,

B: qian1 zheng4

Y: duo1 ci4 ru2 jing4 qian1 zheng4

B: duo1 ci4 ru2 jing4 qian1 zheng4 a multiple entry visa. Then how do I say Ive got a multiple

entry visa.

Y: And you can say,

B: wo3 de shi4 duo1 ci4 ru2 jing4 qian1 zheng4

Y: wo3 de means mine, my passport,

B: wo3 de,

Y: shi4 means is.

B: shi4.

Y: wo3 de shi4 duo1 ci4 ru2 jing4 qian1 zheng4

B: wo3 de shi4 duo1 ci4 ru2 jing4 qian1 zheng4 Ive got a multiple entry visa.

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Conversation 1

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B:

2A

B

B: When we fly internationally we need to pass through customs. Whats that Y?

Y: its hai3 guan1.

B: hai3 guan1. And Ill say, Ive got nothing to declare.

Y: you mean.

B: wo3 mei2 you3 shen2me dong1xi yao4 shen1 bao4.

Y: wo3 means I,

B: wo3,

Y: mei2 you3 means not,

B: mei2 you3,

Y: shen2me dong1xi anything,

B: shen2me dong1 xi

Y: mei2 you3 shen2me dong1xi, have nothing,

B: mei2 you3 shen2me dong1xi

Y: yao4 means need,

B: yao4

Y: shen1 bao4 means declare,

B: shen1 bao4,Y: wo3 mei2 you3 shen2me dong1xi yao4 shen1 bao4

B: wo3 mei2 you3 shen2me dong1xi yao4 shen1 bao4 Ive got nothing to declare.

Conversation2

A:

B:

B: I usually end up with far more luggage to come home with than I took.

Y: Ah, you like souvenirs,

B: Right, Souvenirs. They make great gifts and provide wonderful memories. How do you say

that in Chinese Yajie?

Y: its ji4 nian4 pin3.

B: ji4 nian4 pin3.

Y: ji4 nian4 means memorable.

B: ji4 nian4

Y: pin3 means gift,

B: pin3,

Y: ji4 nian4 pin3

B: ji4 nian4 pin3 souvenirs.

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Conversation 3

A:

B:

Key words reminder

Passport visaIve got a Multiple entry visa

Customs Ive got nothing to declare. .Souvenirs All in todays

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B: My bags are packed and Im ready to go.

Y: Hey thats a good line, you should use it in a song B.

B: Maybe someone already has. Its time for us to disappear. Question time though.

Y: Yes, how do you say, Ive got nothing to declare? in Chinese?