吴小咪：大龙，今天你怎么迟到了？
大龙：唉，别提了！
早上起晚了，没赶上地铁。
吴小咪：从你家到学校远吗？
大龙：坐地铁一个半小时才能到。
吴小咪：天啊，你怎么住那么远？
大龙：开学之前，我以为我们要住在老校区，开学的时候，才发现我们是在新校区。
吴小咪：那你怎么不搬家？
大龙：我已经付了六个月的房租，不能退。
吴小咪：你好惨啊！
那现在还有多久到期？
大龙：谢天谢地，这个月底就到期了。
吴小咪：恭喜你，赶快在新校区附近找个房子吧！
大龙：我正要麻烦你呢！
吴小咪：我知道了，你想请我帮你找房子？
大龙：是啊，周末你有空吗？
吴小咪：有啊，不过你先说说你有什么要求？
大龙：我想住得近一点。
吴小咪：你想住校内还是校外？
大龙：校内跟校外有什么不一样？
吴小咪：校内的房子比校外的方便啊，离教室、图书馆和食堂都很近。
大龙：那校外的呢？
吴小咪：校外的比校内的大，交通更方便，离地铁口近，附近大商场比较多。
大龙：我想来想去，还是住在校外吧！
一来房租更便宜，二来地方也更大。
吴小咪：那好，周六下午我陪你在附近看看？
大龙：太好了！
两点可以吗？
吴小咪：好，我们明天下午两点见！
大龙：太谢谢你了，明天见！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 吴小咪 | Wú Xiǎo mī | a name |
| 大龙 | Dà lóng | a name |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 迟到 | chí dào | to arrive late |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 唉 | ài | alas / oh dear |
| 别 | bié | don't ...! / (noun suffix) category |
| 提 | tí | to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 起 | qǐ | to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) |
| 晚 | wǎn | late |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 赶 | gǎn | to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) |
| 上 | shàng | (bound form) up; upper; above; previous |
| 地铁 | dì tiě | underground railway; subway / subway train |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 远 | yuǎn | far / distant / remote |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 半 | bàn | (after a number) and a half |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 天 | tiān | heaven |
| 啊 | ā | interjection of surprise / Ah! / Oh! |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to reside; to stay |
| 那么 | nà me | like that; in that way; to that extent |
| 开学 | kāi xué | the start of a new term |
| 之 | zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 以为 | yǐ wéi | to think; to believe |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 老 | lǎo | old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / of the past / outdated |
| 校区 | xiào qū | campus |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 搬 | bān | to move / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 付 | fù | to pay / to hand over to |
| 六 | liù | six / 6 |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 房租 | fáng zū | rent for a room or house |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot / must not / should not |
| 退 | tuì | to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline |
| 好 | hǎo | (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so |
| 惨 | cǎn | miserable / wretched / cruel / inhuman / disastrous / tragic / dim / gloomy |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 多久 | duō jiǔ | (of time) how long? / (not) a long time |
| 到期 | dào qī | to fall due (loan etc) / to expire (visa etc) / to mature (investment bond etc) |
| 谢天谢地 | xiè tiān xiè dì | (idiom) thank goodness |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 底 | dǐ | bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 恭喜 | gōng xǐ | (interj.) congratulations! |
| 赶快 | gǎn kuài | quickly; at once |
| 附近 | fù jìn | nearby; neighboring / (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 房子 | fáng zi | house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 正要 | zhèng yào | to be just about to / to be on the point of |
| 麻烦 | má fan | to bother sb; to put sb to trouble |
| 呢 | ne | (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask / to request |
| 帮 | bāng | to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) |
| 周末 | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 空 | kòng | space / leisure / free time |
| 不过 | bù guò | but / however |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 说说 | shuō shuo | to say sth |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | requirement |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 近 | jìn | near / close to |
| 一点 | yī diǎn | a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er |
| 校 | xiào | (bound form) school; college / (bound form) (military) field officer |
| 内 | nèi | inside / inner / internal / interior |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 外 | wài | outside / external |
| 跟 | gēn | and (joining two nouns) |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 方便 | fāng biàn | convenient; suitable |
| 离 | lí | to leave / to part from / to be away from |
| 教室 | jiào shì | classroom |
| 图书馆 | tú shū guǎn | library |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 食堂 | shí táng | dining hall; cafeteria |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | traffic / transportation / communications / liaison |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 口 | kǒu | mouth |
| 商场 | shāng chǎng | shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium |
| 比较 | bǐ jiào | comparatively / relatively / quite |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 想来想去 | xiǎng lái xiǎng qù | to think over and over; after much thought |
| 一来 | yī lái | firstly, ... |
| 便宜 | pián yi | cheap; inexpensive |
| 二来 | èr lái | secondly, ... |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 周六 | Zhōu liù | Saturday |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon / p.m. |
| 陪 | péi | to accompany / to keep sb company / to assist |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at / to examine / to survey |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 见 | jiàn | to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | thanks / thank you |