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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Two Red Booklets

Go back to the registration window with Lan: say you've come to collect the marriage certificate, ask whether you may sign your Chinese name, take the two red booklets, one each, hear congratulations, and say you're married.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The same window of the civil affairs bureau a week later, a red backdrop with a double-happiness character for the photo, and two small red booklets on the counter.

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领 证。lǐng zhèngto collect the certificate
你们 来 领 证 吗？nǐmen lái lǐng zhèng maHave you come to collect the certificate?
结婚证。jiéhūnzhèngthe marriage certificate, marry and certificate as one word
对。 我们 来 领 结婚证。duì. wǒmen lái lǐng jiéhūnzhèngYes. We've come to collect the marriage certificate.
请 在 这里 签 名。qǐng zài zhèlǐ qiān míngPlease sign here.
签 中文 名字 可以 吗？qiān zhōngwén míngzi kěyǐ maMay I sign my Chinese name?
可以 拍 照 吗？kěyǐ pāi zhào maMay we take a photo?
两 本。liǎng běntwo booklets, with the measure word for books
可以。 这 是 结婚证， 两 本。kěyǐ. zhè shì jiéhūnzhèng, liǎng běnYou may. Here are the marriage certificates, two booklets.
一 人 一 本？yì rén yì běnOne each?

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