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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

What Is a Bride Price?

Introduce Lan to your parents on a video call to Seattle: hear your mother's Chinese hello, hear Lan greet them, pass on your mother's question about the bride price, hear Lan explain it, ask who it goes to, pass on your father's question, and hear that you haven't got to that yet.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

A Saturday morning in Lan's flat in Hangzhou, Friday evening in Seattle, Owen's parents side by side on the laptop screen and Lan beside him.

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妈， 这 是 陈兰。mā, zhè shì chénlánMum, this is Lan.
你好， 陈兰！nǐ hǎo, chénlánHello, Lan!
阿姨 好！ 叔叔 好！āyí hǎo! shūshu hǎoHello, Auntie! Hello, Uncle!
什么 意思？shénme yìsiWhat does it mean?
彩礼。cǎilǐthe bride price, word for word colour gift, low then dipping
我 妈 问， 彩礼 是 什么 意思？wǒ mā wèn, cǎilǐ shì shénme yìsiMy mum asks, what does bride price mean?
结婚 前 送 的 钱。jiéhūn qián sòng de qiánthe money given before the wedding
彩礼 就是 结婚 前 送 的 钱。cǎilǐ jiùshì jiéhūn qián sòng de qiánThe bride price is the money given before the wedding.
送 给 谁？sòng gěi shéiGiven to whom?
送 给 我 爸爸 妈妈。sòng gěi wǒ bàba māmaGiven to my parents.

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