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Popup Chinese — Absolute Beginners: The Worst Joke in China

哎呀，这服务太差了。这儿谁管呢？ aiya ， zhè fúwù tài chà le 。 zhèr shéi guǎn ne ？ Great Scott! The service here is awful. Who is in charge! 饺子。 jiǎozi 。 Dumplings. 谁？ shéi ？ Who? 饺子馆呢！ jiǎoziguǎn ne ！ The dumpling restaurant! Reincarnated Popup Chinese [https://www.patreon.com/collection/2145586] — Popup Cantonese [https://www.patreon.com/collection/2145647] — Popup Additionals [https://www.patreon.com/collection/2157334] (the original Popup Chinese customized transcripts for every lesson as PDF files are also there, on free Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/cw/xeniahell])

Popup Chinese — Absolute Beginners: Happy Father's Day....

你给你爸爸买礼物了吗？ nǐ gěi nǐ bàba mǎi lǐwù le ma ？ Have you bought your father a present? 为什么？ wèishénme ？ Why? 因为父亲节！ yīnwèi Fùqinjié ！ Because of Father's Day! 我买了一堆玫瑰花。 wǒ mǎi le yī duī méiguīhuār 。 I bought a pile of roses. 玫瑰花...? méiguīhuār ...? Roses...? Reincarnated Popup Chinese [https://www.patreon.com/collection/2145586] — Popup Cantonese [https://www.patreon.com/collection/2145647] — Popup Additionals [https://www.patreon.com/collection/2157334] (the original Popup Chinese customized transcripts for every lesson as PDF files are also there, on free Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/cw/xeniahell])

Popup Chinese — Absolute Beginners: An Unexpected Interruption

你好。 nǐhǎo 。 Hello. 你好。 nǐhǎo 。 Hello. 你好。 nǐhǎo 。 Hello. 田森，9527，我还不知道你们俩在一起。 Tiánsēn ， jiǔwǔèrqī ， wǒ hái bù zhīdào nǐmen liǎ zài yīqǐ 。 Tiansen and 9527, I didn't know you two were together. 呃.... e .... Uhhh.... 不是那个在一起，是这儿。 bù shì nàge zài yīqǐ ， shì zài zhèr 。 Oh, not together like that. I mean here. 啊，不久，不久。 a ，bùjiǔ ， bùjiǔ 。 Oh, we haven't been here long. 对，不久，不久。 duì ， bùjiǔ ， bùjiǔ 。 Yeah, we haven't been dating very long. Reincarnated Popup Chinese [https://www.patreon.com/collection/2145586] — Popup Cantonese [https://www.patreon.com/collection/2145647] — Popup Additionals [https://www.patreon.com/collection/2157334] (the original Popup Chinese customized transcripts for every lesson as PDF files are also there, on free Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/cw/xeniahell])

Popup Chinese — Advanced listening test: The Northeasterner, Part II

哎，媳妇儿，我告诉你外面贼冷，你出去时身上多捂着点儿。 āi ，xífùr ，wǒgàosunǐwàimianzéilěng，nǐchūqùshíshēnshàng duō wǔzhe diǎnr 。 Hey honey. It's really cold outside. Put up a bit more when you go outside. 知道啦。 zhīdào la 。 I know. 干啥呢？磨磨唧唧的，麻溜儿把衣服穿上，要不然不赶趟儿了。 gànhá ne ？ mòmòjījī de ， máliūr bǎ yīfu chuān shàng ， yàoburán bù gǎntàngr le 。 What are you doing dawdling like this? Hurry and put on your clothes or you'll be late. 哎呀，好好好，我马上好！ āiya ， hǎo hǎo hǎo ， wǒ mǎshàng hǎo ！ Dear Scott. Fine, I'll be ready in a minute. 人家楼下等你呢，冻得嘶哈的，煞楞儿的啊！ rénjiā lóuxià děng nǐ ne ， dòng de sīhā de ， shālèngr de ā ！ He's waiting for you downstairs. It's freezing out. Hurry up! 哎呀，别烦我了，我走了。āiya ， bié fán wǒ le ， wǒ zǒu le 。 Goodness gracious. Don't bother me like this. I'm going. 哎，等会儿，把那门口儿那戈能给我倒了啊。 āi ， děng huìr ， bǎ nà ménkǒuér nà gēneng gěi wǒ dào le ā 。 Hey, wait a sec. Take out that trash by the door. 行行行。 xíng xíng xíng 。 Ok! Reincarnated Popup Chinese [https://www.patreon.com/collection/2145586] — Popup Cantonese [https://www.patreon.com/collection/2145647] — Popup Additionals [https://www.patreon.com/collection/2157334] (the original Popup Chinese customized transcripts for every lesson as PDF files are also there, on free Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/cw/xeniahell])

Popup Chinese — Advanced: Besides and Let Alone....

我本来就不太想出去逛街，何况天气预报说今天的气温是零下十度。 wǒ běnlái jiù bùtài xiǎng chūqù guàngjiē ， hékuàng tiānqì yùbào shuō jīntiān de qìwēn shì língxiàshídù 。 I didn't want to go out shopping in the first place, and the weather report said it would be ten below zero too. 我本来就不太想出去逛街，再说天气预报说今天的气温是零下十度。 wǒ běnlái jiù bùtài xiǎng chūqù guàngjiē ， zài shuō tiānqì yùbào shuō jīntiān de qìwēn shì língxiàshídù 。 I didn't want to go out shopping in the first place, and to say more the weather report says the temperature will hit ten below too. 他完全不会切西瓜，更何况他根本不喜欢做家务，你还是别指望他了。 tā wánquán bùhuì qiē xīguā ， gèng hékuàng tā gēnběn bù xǐhuan zuò jiāwù ， nǐ hái shì bié zhǐwàng tā le 。 He can't cut a watermelon and doesn't like doing housework. You'd better not put much hope in him. 他完全不会切西瓜，再说他根本不喜欢做家务，你还是别指望他了。 tā wánquán bùhuì qiē xīguā ， zài shuō tā gēnběn bù xǐhuan zuò jiāwù ， nǐ hái shì bié zhǐwàng tā le 。 He's completely unable to cut a watermelon, and to say more he also doesn't like doing housework. You'd better not put too much hope in him. 冬天本来就是一个吃火锅的好季节，更何况他们都嗜辣如命。 dōngtiān běnlái jiùshì yī ge chī huǒguō de hǎo jìjié ， gèng hékuàng tāmen dōu shìlàrúmìng 。 Winter is a good season for hot pot to start with, and even more so to those who really love it. 这个虚词有很多中国人都不会用，何况外国人呢。 zhège xūcí yǒu hěn duō Zhōngguórén dōu bùhuì yòng ， hékuàng wàiguórén ne。 There are a lot of Chinese people who can't use this measure word, not to speak of foreigners. 他遇到生人讲话就会变得唯唯诺诺的，更何况这次要到大庭广众之中呢。 tā yù dào shēngrén jiǎnghuà jiù huì biànde wéiwéinuònuò de ， gèng hékuàng zhè cì yào dào dàtíngguǎngzhòng zhīzhōng ne 。 He becomes meek and introverted when he meets people, to say nothing of going out in public. 两万一平方米的房价，已经让大多数普通购房者望洋兴叹了，更何况三万一平方米。 liǎngwàn yī píngfāngmǐ de fángjià ， yǐjīng ràng dàduōshù pǔtōng gòufángzhě wàngyángxīngtàn le ， gèng hékuàng sānwàn yī píngfāngmǐ 。 Housing prices of 20,000 per square meter are already over the heads of the vast majority of common house buyers, to say nothing of 30,000 per square meter.