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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Wedding Planner

Sit down with a wedding planner: say when the wedding is and where, choose Chinese style, report her question to Lan, hear the price of a table, and say you're afraid it's too expensive.

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THE STORY

A wedding company's office in Hangzhou on a January afternoon, a planner with a tablet across the desk, and Lan just back from a phone call outside.

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办 婚礼。bàn hūnlǐhave the wedding, word for word do the marriage rite
我们 十月 办 婚礼。wǒmen shíyuè bàn hūnlǐWe're having the wedding in October.
中式 还是 西式？zhōngshì háishi xīshìChinese style or Western style, word for word middle style or west style
您好！ 想 办 中式 还是 西式？nín hǎo! xiǎng bàn zhōngshì háishi xīshìHello! Would you like Chinese style or Western style? Politely.
中式。 我们 想 在 村里 办。zhōngshì. wǒmen xiǎng zài cūnli bànChinese style. We'd like to have it in the village.
要 几 桌？yào jǐ zhuōwant how many tables
好 的。 请问， 要 几 桌？hǎo de. qǐngwèn, yào jǐ zhuōAll right. How many tables, may I ask?
她 问 我们 要 几 桌。tā wèn wǒmen yào jǐ zhuōShe asks how many tables we want.
二十 桌 吧。 村里 人 多。èrshí zhuō ba. cūnli rén duōTwenty tables, say. There are a lot of people in the village.
一 桌 三千 块。yì zhuō sānqiān kuàithree thousand kuai a table

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