Online Chinese Learning Program-Survival Chinese: Take Buses

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去邮局

Going to a post office

A：先生，麻烦您......
Sir, may I trouble you...

B：您有什么事？
What can I do for you?

A：请问，附近有邮局吗？
May I ask if there is a post office nearby?

B：没有，您要去邮局的话，可以坐公交车。
There isn't one nearby. You need to take a bus if you want to go to a post office.

A：坐什么车？
Which bus should I take?

B：从这儿坐 22 路。
Take No.22 bus from here.

A：到哪儿下车？
Where should I get off the bus?

B：到新街口下车。
Get off at Xinjiekou station.

A：还换车吗？
(Do I need to) transfer to another bus?

B：不换。邮局就在车站对面。
No, there is a post office on the opposite side of that bus station.

A：22 路车站在哪儿？
Where is the No.22 bus station?

B：车站就在前边，过了超市就是。
It is over there in the front, after you pass the supermarket.

A：好，谢谢您。
Ok. Thank you.

B：不客气。
You are welcome.

Vocabulary

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Grammar

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Summary

Asking about directions

Indicating locations

1.	Asking about directions

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"坐什么车?" means “Which bus do I take?” and "去…怎么走?" means "How can I go to …?" These phrases are often used when we are asking about how to get to a place.

2.	Indicating locations

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This lesson shows how to describe the location of a bus or metro station.

Exercises

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Locations in Daily Life

邮局 (yóujú) post office	银行 (yínháng) bank
书店 (shūdiàn) bookstore	报刊亭 (bàokāntíng) newsstand
电话亭 (diànhuàtíng) telephone booth	药店 (yàodiàn) pharmacy
公共卫生间（男、女） gōnggòng wèishēngjiān (nán, nǚ) public toilets (men, women)

Sentence Patterns


1. Zuò shénme chē?
坐什么车？		h
Which bus should I take?


2. Cóng zhèr zuò lù.
从这儿坐 22 路。		h
Take the No.22 bus from here.


3. Dào nǎr xià chē?
到哪儿下车？		h
Where should I get off the bus?


4. Dào Xīnjiēkǒu xià chē.
到新街口下车。		h
Get off at Xinjiekou station.


5. Hái huàn chē ma?
还换车吗？		h
(Do I need to) transfer to another bus?


6. Bú huàn.
不换。		h
No.


7. Yóujú jiù zài chēzhàn duìmiàn.
邮局就在车站对面。		h
There is post office at the opposite side of that bus station.


8. Chēzhàn jiù zài qiánbian, guò le chāoshì jiùshì.
车站就在前边，过了超市就是。		h
It is over there in the front, after you pass the supermarket.

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Discussion

There are many transportation options in Beijing. In addition to taking a taxi and the subway, you can take a bus. But you'd better take the right one! Learn daily Chinese expressions such as if, what's up, the opposite side and pass in this lesson.

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Instructor:	Candice
Length:	20:47
Introduction:	Describe taking a bus and the location of a place after getting off the bus station.


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麻烦麻煩	v.	máfan	to trouble/bother
麻烦您麻煩您		máfan nín	to trouble/bother you
事事	n.	shì	matter or affair
有什么事有什麽事		yǒu shénme shì	do (you) have anything (I can help with)
邮局郵局	n.	yóujú	post office
......的话 ......的話		...de huà	“if,” indicating a supposition
公交车公交車	n.	gōngjiāochē	bus
路路	n.	lù	a measure word for bus route numbers
22路 22路		èrshíèrlù	No. 22 bus
下下	v.	xià	to get off
下车下車		xià chē	to get off (a bus, a car, etc.)
对面對面	n.	duìmiàn	opposite side
前边前邊	n.	qiánbian	in front; ahead
过過	v.	guò	to go beyond/pass
就是就是		jiùshì	exactly; precisely
新街口新街口	proper n.	Xīnjiēkǒu	Xinjiekou

The post office is on the opposite side of the bus station!