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PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

The Spare Room

Missus Wang asks where you're staying and offers the room upstairs: ask the rent for a month, hear six hundred with meals included, try to pay more, and give in.

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Lesson 2 · The Spare Room

Mandarin Chinese · 30 minutes

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Owen is staying on in Hangzhou. In the Chens' courtyard, Missus Wang pours the tea and asks where he sleeps.

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住 哪里？zhù nǎlito live where, to stay where
欧文， 你 住 哪里？ōuwén, nǐ zhù nǎliOwen, where are you staying? To a friend.
我 住 马 阿姨 家。wǒ zhù mǎ āyí jiāI'm staying at Auntie Ma's.
您 住 哪里？nín zhù nǎliWhere do you live? Politely.
一 个 房间。yí ge fángjiāna room
楼上 有 一 个 房间。lóushàng yǒu yí ge fángjiānThere's a room upstairs.
一 个 月yí ge yuèa month
师母， 一 个 月 多少 钱？shīmǔ, yí ge yuè duōshao qiánMissus Wang, how much a month?
我 住 楼上。wǒ zhù lóushàngI live upstairs.
包 吃。bāo chīmeals included, word for word wrap eat
六百 块。liùbǎi kuàisix hundred kuai
六百 块， 包 吃。liùbǎi kuài, bāo chīSix hundred kuai, meals included.
太 少 了！tài shǎo letoo little
太 少 了！ 一千 块 吧。tài shǎo le, yìqiān kuài baThat's too little! Make it a thousand.
不 行。 六百 块， 一 个 月。bù xíng, liùbǎi kuài, yí ge yuèNo. Six hundred kuai a month.
好 吧。 谢谢 师母！hǎo ba, xièxie shīmǔAll right. Thank you, Missus Wang!