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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Papers for a Marriage

Sit with Lan and Missus Wang over the list of papers a foreigner needs to marry: name the household register, the passport and the certificate of being single, explain what it proves, say it needs notarising and translating, and say you're still short one.

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THE STORY

Master Chen's front room on a July evening, Lan with a list open on her phone, Owen's passport on the table and Missus Wang asking what every paper is.

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结婚 登记。jiéhūn dēngjìthe marriage registration
结婚 登记 要 什么？jiéhūn dēngjì yào shénmeWhat does the marriage registration need?
户口本。hùkǒuběnthe household register, word for word door mouth book
我 的 户口本， 他 的 护照。wǒ de hùkǒuběn, tā de hùzhàoMy household register, his passport.
单身 证明。dānshēn zhèngmínga certificate of being single
还有 单身 证明。háiyǒu dānshēn zhèngmíngAnd a certificate of being single.
单身 证明 是 什么？dānshēn zhèngmíng shì shénmeWhat's a certificate of being single?
证明 我 还 没 结婚。zhèngmíng wǒ hái méi jiéhūnIt proves I'm not married yet.
我 帮 你 翻译。wǒ bāng nǐ fānyìI'll translate for you. To a friend.
公证。gōngzhèngto notarise, word for word public proof

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