Lesson 23
On the Telephone
Dialogue 1
Informal telephone calls
Wèi, nǐ hǎo
“Hello!”
喂,你好!
Wèi, nǐ hǎo
“Hello!”
喂,你好!
Qǐng wèn nǐ zhǎo shuí?
“May I ask who you want to talk to?”
请问你找谁?
Wǒ shì tā de péng yǒu Stephen
“Is Liu Liang in? This is his friend, Stephen.”
刘亮在吗?我是他的朋友 Stephen。
Shāo děng. Bù hǎo yì sī, tā bù zài
“Hold on, please. Sorry, he’s not in.”
稍等。不好意思,他不在。
Wǒ kě yǐ liú yán ma?
“Can I leave a message for him?”
我可以留言吗?
Dāng rán kě yǐ
“Of course.”
当然可以。
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Dialogue 2
Formal telephone calls
Wèi, nín hǎo
“Hello!”
喂,您好!
Wèi, nín hǎo! Qǐng wèn wáng zǒng zài ma?
“Hello! Is Manager Wang in?”
喂,您好!请问王总在吗?
Wǒ jiù shì, nín shì nǎ wèi?
“This is Wang. Who is that?”
我就是,您是哪位?
Wǒ shì ABC gōng sī de xiǎo zhāng
“This is Zhang from ABC company.”
我是 ABC 公司的小张。
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Dialogue 3
Wrong number
Wèi, Jack?
“Hello! Jack?”
喂,Jack?
Bù shì, nǐ dǎ cuò le
“This is not Jack. Wrong number.”
不是,你打错了。
Duì bù qǐ
"Sorry"
对不起。
Méi guān xì
“That’s all right.”
没关系。
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Vocabulary
| wèi | hello | 喂 |
| zhǎo | look for | 找 |
| shuí | who, whom | 谁 |
| liú | a surname | 刘 |
| tā de | his | 他的 |
| péng yǒu | friend | 朋友 |
| shāo | a little bit | 稍 |
| děng | wait, hold on | 等 |
| liú yán | leave a message | 留言 |
| zǒng | abbrev of manager | 总 |
| jiù | just, right | 就 |
| xiǎo | little, small | 小 |
| dǎ | make, hit | 打 |
| cuò | wrong | 错 |
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