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Learn Chinese 15 : I am planning to go to China
| Click on the speaker icon of each sentence and listen to the recording. Each sentence follows this pattern : Pinyin (that's Chinese written in Latin characters), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and the English translation of the sentence.
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| Nǐ de péngyou zài Běijīng shì zuò zhénme de? |
| 你的朋友在北京是作什么的？ |
| 你的朋友在北京是作什麼的？
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| What does your friend in Beijing do? |
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| Tā shì yì jiā jìnchūkǒu gōngsī de jīnglǐ. |
| 他是一家进出口公司的经理。 |
| 他是一家進出口公司的經理。
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| He is manager of an import and export company. |
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| Nǐ jīngcháng dào Zhōngguó qù ma? |
| 你经常到中国去吗？ |
| 你經常到中國去嗎？
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| Do you often go to China? |
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| Bù cháng qù. Búguò wǒ dǎsuān míngnián qù yí cì. |
| 不常去。 不过我打算明年去一次。 |
| 不常去。不過我打算明年去一次。
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| Not very often. But I plan to go there next year. |
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| Qù kàn péngyou háishì tán shēngyi? |
| 去看朋友还是谈生意？ |
| 去看朋友還是談生意？
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| To go to see your friends or to do business? |
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| Tán shēngyi, shùnbiàn yě kànkan péngyou. |
| 谈生意，顺便也看看朋友。 |
| 談生意，順便也看看朋友。
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| For business, and take this chance to see friends |
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| Ní dǎsuàn zài Běijīng dāi duōjiǔ? |
| 你打算在北京呆多久？ |
| 你打算在北京呆多久？
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| How long are you going to stay in Beijing? |
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| Dàgài yí ge yuè. |
| 大概一个月。 |
| 大概一個月。
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| Probably one month. |
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| Notes |
- 'zuò shénme de': is used to ask about a person's profession. The pattern is: 'V+N+de'
More example:
zuò shēngyi de - the one who does business
niàn wénxué de - the one who studies literature
jiāo Zhōngwén de - the one who teaches Chinese
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