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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Night of Crosstalk

Be taken to hear crosstalk at an old teahouse: hear that tonight you are off to hear it, ask where, hear the tickets are bought, ask whether you will understand, hear that half is pretty good already, hear a punchline called a bundle, say you laughed till your stomach hurt, and hear that next time you will come again.

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THE STORY

An old teahouse south of the city wall, round tables, sunflower seeds and lidded cups, two men in long gowns at a table on the stage, and Owen between Grandpa Guan and Auntie Feng.

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听 相声 去！tīng xiàngsheng qùgo and hear crosstalk, word for word hear crosstalk go
欧文， 晚上 听 相声 去！ōuwén, wǎnshang tīng xiàngsheng qùOwen, tonight we're off to hear crosstalk!
相声？ 在 哪里 听？xiàngsheng? zài nǎlǐ tīngCrosstalk? Where do we hear it?
七 点 半 开始。qī diǎn bàn kāishǐIt starts at half past seven.
票 买 好 了。piào mǎi hǎo lethe tickets are bought: buy, done, and the change word
老 茶馆， 票 买 好 了。lǎo cháguǎn, piào mǎi hǎo leThe old teahouse; the tickets are bought.
包袱 是 什么？bāofu shì shénmeWhat's a bundle?
我 听 得 懂 吗？wǒ tīng de dǒng maWill I understand it?
就 不错 了。jiù búcuò leis pretty good already: then not bad, and the change word
听 懂 一半 就 不错 了。tīng dǒng yíbàn jiù búcuò leUnderstanding half is pretty good already.

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