Xiaomei and Daming make friends in the library. Learn how to ask if you can connect with someone on WeChat, China’s most popular social messaging platform.
小美：不好意思，请问这个座位有人吗？
大明：没有，你可以坐这里。
小美：谢谢！你也在准备考试吗？
大明：是的，下周有汉语考试。你呢？
小美：我也是！我觉得听力最难。
大明：对，我也这样想。我们可以一起练习吗？
小美：好主意！哦，糟糕，我忘了带笔。
大明：没关系，我有两支笔，给你一支。
小美：你真好！我叫小美，你叫什么名字？
大明：我叫大明。认识你很高兴！
小美：我们加个微信吧，以后可以一起学习。
大明：好的！
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| <p>座位 | zuò wèi | seat |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | to prepare |
| 考试 | kǎo shì | exam |
| 听力 | tīng lì | listening (specifically referring to a class where language learners focus on listening comprehension, rather than reading comprehension or speaking ability) |
| 练习 | liàn xí | to practice |
| 忘了 | wàng le | forgot |
| 笔 | bǐ | pen |
| 认识 | rèn shi5 | to know/meet |
| 一起 | yì qǐ | together |
| 加个微信 | jià ge5 wēi xìn | Add [someone] on WeChat |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 美 | Měi | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2]) |
| 不好 | bù hǎo | no good |
| 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc |
| 请问 | qǐng wèn | Excuse me, may I ask...? |
| 这个 | zhè ge | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this |
| 座位 | zuò wèi | seat; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) |
| 吗 | má | (coll.) what? |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 明 | Míng | Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be |
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]); you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good |
| 坐 | Zuò | surname Zuo |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3] |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | to thank; thanks; thank you |
| 也 | Yě | surname Ye |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 是的 | shì de | yes, that's right; variant of 似的[shi4 de5] |
| 下周 | xià zhōu | next week |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) |
| 汉语 | Hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation… |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 最 | zuì | variant of 最[zui4]; old variant of 最[zui4]; (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world") |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
| 对 | duì | right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to sui… |
| 这 | zhè | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing) |
| 样 | yàng | manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (… |
| 主意 | zhǔ yi | plan; idea; decision; CL:個|个[ge4]; Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5] |
| 哦 | ō | to chant |
| 糟 | zao | dregs; pickled in wine; messy |
| 糕 | gāo | cake; variant of 糕[gao1] |
| 带 | dài | band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 关 | Guān | surname Guan |
| 系 | xì | to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary); system; department; faculty; to tie; to fasten; to button up |
| 两 | liǎng | two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) |
| 支 | Zhī | surname Zhi |
| 给 | gěi | to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier) |
| 一 | yī | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out … |
| 真 | zhēn | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 叫 | jiào | to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood); variant of 叫[jiao4] |
| 什 | shén | what |
| 么 | má | exclamatory final particle; variant of 麼|么[me5] |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood |
| 吧 | bā | bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1] |
| 以 | yǐ | old variant of 以[yi3]; abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4] |
| 后 | Hòu | surname Hou; back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post- |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn; to study |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
Xiaomei: Excuse me, is this seat taken?
Daming: No, you can sit here.
Xiaomei: Thanks! Are you also preparing for an exam?
Daming: Yes, there’s a Chinese exam next week. How about you?
Xiaomei: Me too! I think listening is the hardest.
Daming: Right, I think so too. Can we practice together?
Xiaomei: Good idea! Oh no, I forgot to bring a pen.
Daming: No problem, I have two pens. Here’s one for you.
Xiaomei: You’re so nice! My name is Xiaomei. What’s your name?
Daming: My name is Daming. Nice to meet you!
Xiaomei: Let’s add each other on WeChat. We can study together in the future.
Daming: Okay!