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How to Get to People’s Park?

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How to Get to People’s Park?

A:请问qǐng wèn人民rén mín公园gōng yuán怎么zěn me走zǒu?

B:你nǐ先xiān去qù等děng92路lù公共汽车gōng gòng qì chē,坐zuò四sì站zhàn下xià车chē,然后rán hòu换huàn地铁dì tiě二èr号hào线xiàn,往wǎng机场jī chǎng方向fāng xiàng坐zuò三sān站zhàn,换huàn乘chéng六liù号hào线xiàn,再zài坐zuò两liǎng站zhàn就jiù到dào人民rén mín公园gōng yuán站zhàn了le。

出chū了le地铁dì tiě站zhàn你nǐ就jiù能néng看kàn到dào人民rén mín公园gōng yuán的de大dà门mén。

A:太tài麻烦má fan了le,我wǒ还是hái shi打车dǎ chē吧ba。

谢谢xiè xie!

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Vocabulary 46 words

ChinesePinyinEnglish
请问 qǐng wènExcuse me, may I ask...?
人民 rén mínthe people
公园 gōng yuánpark (for public recreation)
怎么 zěn mehow? / what? / why?
走 zǒuto walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
你 nǐyou
先 xiānbeforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now
去 qùto go, to go to
等 děngto wait for; to await
路 lùroad / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind
公共汽车 gōng gòng qì chēbus
坐 zuòto sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit
四 sìfour / 4
站 zhànstation / branch of a company or organization / website
下 xiàto decline / to go down
车 chēcar / vehicle / machine
然后 rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
换 huànto exchange / to change / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency)
地铁 dì tiěunderground railway; subway / subway train
二 èrtwo / 2
号 hào(bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call / (bound form) mark; sign / (bound form) name; appellation / (after a numeral) number designation / day of the month / (bound form) size; type; category
线 xiànthread / string / wire / line / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
往 wǎngto / towards / (of a train) bound for
机场 jī chǎngairport; airfield / (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship
方向 fāng xiàngdirection; orientation
三 sānthree / 3
乘 chéngto ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.)
六 liùsix / 6
再 zàifurther; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more
两 liǎngtwo / both / some / a few
就 jiùas soon as; immediately after
到 dàoto reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
了 le(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
出 chūto go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed
能 néngcan / to be able to / might possibly
看 kànto see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for
的 depossessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression)
大 dàbig; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest
门 méngate / door / gateway / doorway / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
太 tàitoo (much) / very / extremely
麻烦 má faninconvenient; troublesome; annoying
我 wǒI; me; my
还是 hái shihad better
打车 dǎ chēto take a taxi (in town) / to hitch a lift
吧 ba(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume.
谢谢 xiè xiethanks / thank you