BaLang Rejoinders 1-10

city (chéng shì)

城市

Which city do you come from? (lit. You are from which city come?)

你是从哪个城市来的？

San Francisco (Jiùjīnshān)

旧金山

have been to（qù guo）

去过

I don't want to go anywhere (wǒ nǎr dōu bù xiǎng qù)

我哪儿都不想去。

there (nàr)

那儿

(shūdiàn) bookstore

书店

There are many books in the bookstore.

书店里有很多书。

where (nǎr)

哪儿

(nàbiān) there; over there

那边

to open a door (kāi mén)

开门

(sùshè) dormitory

宿舍

(wài miàn) outside

外面

Can not tell by listening (tīng bù chū lái)

听不出来

Outside the dorm someone called my name, but I can't tell who it is.

宿舍外面有人叫我的名字，但是我听不出来是谁。

to hear (tīngjiàn)

听见

(tīng bu jiàn) Can't hear

听不见

how; how come (zěnme)

怎么

How come I didn't hear anyone call you (your name)?

我怎么没听见有人叫你？

(yī...... jiù) as soon as

一...就...

As soon as I start to watch TV, I forget everything.

我一看起电视来就什么都忘了。

(zhuān xīn) to concentrate

专心

( jì zhù ) remember

记住

(Nǐ néng jì zhù shénme) What can you remember?

你能记住什么？

to look for (zhǎo)

找

(jiàn miàn) to meet up; to meet with

见面

to make friends （jiāo péngyou）

交朋友

(hǎo chu) benefit, good points, advantage

好处

(Zhōngguóchéng) Chinatown

中国城

(yǒu hǎo) friendly (relations)

友好

(děi) must; to have to

得

place (dìfang)

地方

(zì diǎn) character dictionary

字典

to use (yào yòng)

要用

walk straight (yì zhí zǒu)

一直走

intersection (lùkǒu)

路口

(dào) to go to; to arrive

到

turn right (xiàng yòu zhuǎn)

向右转

(zhème) so; this (late, etc.)

这么

(qǐ chuáng) to get up

起床

How come you got up so late?

你怎么这么晚才起床？

(zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ) early to bed and early to rise

早睡早起

go to bed too late (shuì dé tài wǎn)

睡得太晚

(hěn cháng shí jiān) very long time

很长时间

after; from now on, later on (yǐhòu)

以后

(zhǎo gōngzuò) to look for work

找工作

(tīngshuō) to be told; to hear of

听说

(wēn dù) temperature

温度

low (dī)

低

Extremely cold (lěng jí le)

冷极了

(tè bié) especially

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