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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Queue at the Door

Face the queue the video has brought to the teahouse door: hear a woman say she has queued an hour, say there are no seats left, hear her ask for a seat to be added, hear Uncle Tang complain of the noise, hear Grandma say regulars come first, seat Uncle Tang, and ask the woman to wait ten more minutes.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The door of Grandma Deng's teahouse in the People's Park in Chengdu on a Saturday morning, a queue down the path between the bamboo chairs, Owen at the door with a tray.

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排 了。pái lehave queued, word for word lined up
我们 排 了 一 个 小时 了！wǒmen pái le yí gè xiǎoshí leWe've been queueing an hour!
没 位子 了。méi wèizi leno seats left, word for word no seat any more
不好意思， 没 位子 了。bù hǎoyìsi, méi wèizi leSorry, there are no seats left.
请 排队。qǐng páiduìPlease queue up.
加 个 座。jiā gè zuòadd a seat
加 个 座 吧！jiā gè zuò baAdd a seat!
吵 死 了！chǎo sǐ leIt's deafening!
累 死 了。lèi sǐ leI'm dead tired.
优先。yōuxiānfirst, have priority

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