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Making a phone call
Lesson 1 Meeting for the first time
Lesson 2 Self introduction
Lesson 3 Checking-in at a hotel
Lesson 4 I want to reserve a room
Lesson 5 Is there a bank nearby?
Lesson 6 Exchanging money
Lesson 7 In a restaurant
Lesson 8 Bars in Houhai
Lesson 9 Buying a shirt
Lesson 10 Buying fruit
Lesson 11 Taking a taxi
Lesson 12 Taking the subway
Lesson 13 How can I get to the Jingkelong...?
Lesson 14 The post office is opposite to...
Lesson 15 Making a phone call
Lesson 16 Wrong number!
Lesson 17 Weather forecast
Lesson 18 Seasons
Lesson 19 Seeing a doctor
Lesson 20 Getting medicine
Lesson Information
Instructor:
Candice
Length:
16:56
Introduction:
Ask about where people are and talk about actions in progress.
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打 电话
Making a phone call
A:喂, 您 好!
Hello!
B:您 好! 请问 王力 在 吗?
Hello! May I ask if Wang Li is there?
A:对不起, 他 正在 开会。 请问 您 是…...?
I'm sorry. He is in a meeting. May I ask who is calling?
B:我 是 他 的 朋友, 我 叫 麦克。
I’m his friend, and my name is Mike.
A:您 有 急 事 吗?
Do you have something urgent?
B:是 的, 我 有 事 找 他。
Yes. I need to talk to him.
A:您 可以 留言,我 转告 他。
You can leave a message, and I’ll let him know.
B:谢谢, 请 他 给 我 回 电话。
Thanks. Please ask him to call me back.
A:他 知道 您 的 电话 号码 吗?
Does he know your telephone number?
B:我 的 电话 是 13249871615。
My number is 13249871615.
A:好, 我 一定 转告 他。
Ok, I'll make sure he gets the message.
B:谢谢!
Thank you!
A: 不 客气。
You're welcome!
Vocabulary
Traditional Characters
打电话
打電話
dǎ diànhuà
to make a telephone call
喂
餵
wèi
hello
正在
正在
adv.
zhèngzài
in the process of
开会
開會
kāi huì
to have a meeting
朋友
朋友
n.
péngyou
friend
急
急
adj.
jí
urgent
急事
急事
jí shì
something that is urgent
找
找
v.
zhǎo
to look for
留言
留言
liúyán
to leave a message
转告
轉告
v.
zhuǎngào
to pass on a message (to somebody else)
回
回
v.
huí
to reply
电话
電話
n.
diànhuà
telephone
回电话
回電話
huí diànhuà
to call back
知道
知道
v.
zhīdào
to know
号码
號碼
n.
hàomǎ
number
一定
一定
adv.
yídìng
to be sure to (do something)
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Grammar
Traditional Characters
Summary
Asking about where people are
Talking about actions in progress.
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Asking about where people are
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Talking about actions in progress.
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“正在+V” shows that the action is in progress.
Exercises
Expansion
Means of Communication
手机 (shǒujī) mobile phone
座机 (zuòjī) landline phone
总机 (zǒngjī) switchboard
分机 (fēnjī) telephone extension
电话亭 (diànhuàtíng) telephone booth
Sentence Patterns
1. Qǐngwèn, Wáng Lì zài ma?
请问, 王 力 在 吗?
h
May I ask if Wang Li is there?
2. Duìbuqǐ, tā bú zài.
对不起,他 不 在。
h
I'm sorry. He's not here.
3. Tā zhèngzài kāihuì.
他 正在 开会。
h
He is in a meeting.
4. Qǐng tā gěi wǒ huí diànhuà.
请 他 给 我 回 电话。
h
Please ask him to call me back.
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Learn everything you need to know when making a phone call. In this lesson, we will learn daily Chinese phrases such as
is...there
,
my phone number is...
,
leave a message
and
pass this message on to...
.
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