In this short dialogue, Xiaoli is trying to catch a taxi to the train station, but isn’t sure if she’ll make it on time given all the traffic.
小丽：你好！我要去火车站。
司机：好的，请上车。今天下雨，路上车很多。
小丽：我的火车三点半。现在几点？
司机：两点十分。时间还多。
小丽：太好了！请问，要多少钱？
司机：大概三十块。
小丽：好的，谢谢您！
司机：不客气。到了，火车站！
小丽：这是四十，不用找了。
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| <p>出租车 | chū zū chē | taxi |
| 火车站 | huǒ chē zhàn | train station |
| 下雨 | xià yǔ | to rain |
| 司机 | sī jī | driver |
| 上车 | shàng chē | get in the car |
| 大概 | dà gài | about, approximately |
| 块 | kuài | yuan (money) |
| 找 | zhǎo | to give change</p> |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 丽 | lǐ | used in place names, notably 高麗|高丽[Gao1 li2] and 麗水|丽水[Li2 shui3] |
| 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.) |
| 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); (… |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 要 | yāo | (bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| 去火 | qù huǒ | to reduce internal heat (TCM) |
| 车站 | chē zhàn | rail station; bus stop; CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4] |
| 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… |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 路上 | lù shang | on the road; on the way; en route |
| 车 | Chē | surname Che |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 火车 | huǒ chē | train; CL:列[lie4],節|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4] |
| 三 | Sān | surname San |
| 点 | diǎn | to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to admini… |
| 半 | bàn | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
| 现 | xiàn | to appear; present; now; existing; current |
| 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) |
| 几点 | jǐ diǎn | what time?; when? |
| 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) |
| 十分 | shí fēn | very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts |
| 时间 | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time |
| 还 | Huán | surname Huan |
| 太好了 | tài hǎo le | very good |
| 请问 | qǐng wèn | Excuse me, may I ask...? |
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount; somewhat |
| 钱 | Qián | surname Qian |
| 三十 | sān shí | thirty; 30 |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | to thank; thanks; thank you |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 不客气 | bù kè qi | you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt |
| 到了 | dào liǎo | at last; finally; in the end |
| 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) |
| 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] |
| 四十 | sì shí | forty; 40 |
| 不用找 | bù yòng zhǎo | "keep the change" (restaurant expression) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly |
Xiao Li: Hello! I want to go to the train station.
Driver: Okay, better get in. It’s raining today, there are many cars on the road.
Xiao Li: My train is at 3:30. What time is it now?
Driver: 2:10. There’s still plenty of time.
Xiao Li: Great! Excuse me, how much will it cost?
Driver: About thirty yuan.
Xiao Li: Okay, thank you!
Driver: You’re welcome. We’re here, train station!
Xiao Li: Here’s forty, keep the change.