大龙：小咪，你现在住在哪儿？
吴小咪：我？
我住在学生公寓15号楼816。
大龙：住在学校里方便吗？
吴小咪：方便是挺方便的，离图书馆和食堂都很近，就是有点儿小。
大龙：我住在学校外面，大倒是挺大的，就是有点远。
吴小咪：那你可以租一个近一点儿的房子。
大龙：我也想，可是找来找去，没有找到合适的。
吴小咪：正好我有个朋友在找合租的室友，你想去看看吗？
大龙：真的吗？
在哪儿？
吴小咪：学校西门那儿有个新园小区，就在学院路15号，他住在18栋2单元1108。
大龙：太好了，谢谢你！
吴小咪：别客气，我把他的微信给你，你们自己联系吧！
大龙：好的，我跟他联系。
对了，我的父母说从美国给我寄点东西，我想来想去，不知道怎么告诉他们我的地址。
吴小咪：你就写：陕西省西安市雁塔区学院路…
…
，对了，你住哪个小区？
大龙：我住在曲江小区16栋303。
吴小咪：哦，那你的住址就是：陕西省西安市雁塔区学院路曲江小区16栋303。
大龙：谢谢！
说中国地址跟说美国地址不一样。
吴小咪：是的，我们喜欢先写最大的地址，你们喜欢先写最具体的地址。
大龙：没错，我觉得这个挺有意思的。
那我先给我的父母回电话，正好明天周末，我去看看你朋友的房子。
吴小咪：好，那我先去上课了，再见！
大龙：再见！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 大龙 | Dà lóng | a name |
| 小咪 | xiǎo mī | a nickname for Xiaomi |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to reside; to stay |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 哪儿 | nǎ r | where? |
| 吴小咪 | Wú Xiǎo mī | a name |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 学生 | xué shēng | student / schoolchild |
| 公寓 | gōng yù | apartment building; block of flats |
| 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 |
| 楼 | lóu | house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 方便 | fāng biàn | convenient; suitable |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 挺 | tǐng | (coll.) quite / very |
| 的 | de | emphatic particle (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) |
| 离 | lí | (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of |
| 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 |
| 近 | jìn | near / close to |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 有点儿 | yǒu diǎn r | slightly / a little / somewhat |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 住在 | zhù zài | to live in; to reside at |
| 外面 | wài miàn | outside |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 倒是 | dào shì | contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you |
| 有点 | yǒu diǎn | a little |
| 远 | yuǎn | far / distant / remote |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 租 | zū | to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 一点儿 | yī diǎn r | erhua |
| 房子 | fáng zi | house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 找来找去 | zhǎo lái zhǎo qù | to search around repeatedly; to look all over |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 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) |
| 合适 | hé shì | suitable; fitting; appropriate |
| 正好 | zhèng hǎo | to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 合租 | hé zū | co-renting |
| 室友 | shì yǒu | roommate |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at / to examine / to survey |
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed |
| 西门 | Xī mén | two-character surname Ximen |
| 那儿 | nà r | there |
| 新园 | xīn yuán | Xinyuan |
| 小区 | xiǎo qū | housing estate; community; neighborhood / (telecommunications) cell |
| 学院 | xué yuàn | college / educational institute / school / faculty |
| 路 | lù | road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 栋 | dòng | classifier for houses or buildings |
| 单元 | dān yuán | unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | thanks / thank you |
| 别 | bié | don't ...! / (noun suffix) category |
| 客气 | kè qi | polite / courteous / formal / modest |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 他的 | tā de | his; belonging to him |
| 微信 | Wēi xìn | Weixin or WeChat |
| 给 | gěi | to give |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 联系 | lián xì | to get in touch with / to integrate / to link / to touch |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 好的 | hǎo de | okay; all right; got it |
| 跟 | gēn | with / compared with / to / towards |
| 对了 | duì le | Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ... |
| 我的 | wǒ de | my; mine |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 寄 | jì | to entrust; to place in sb's care / (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily / to send by post; to mail |
| 点 | diǎn | classifier for small amounts |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 想来想去 | xiǎng lái xiǎng qù | to think over and over; after much thought |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 告诉 | gào su | to tell; to inform; to let know |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 地址 | dì zhǐ | address |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 陕西 | Shǎn xī | Shaanxi, a province in northwestern China. |
| 省 | shěng | province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government) |
| 西安 | Xī ān | Xi'an, a major city in Shaanxi Province, China. |
| 市 | shì | city / municipality (administrative unit) |
| 雁塔 | Yàn tǎ | Yanta District of Xi’an, Shaanxi |
| 区 | qū | area / region / district |
| 哪 | nǎ | which |
| 曲江 | Qū Jiāng | a place name, Qujiang |
| 哦 | ò | oh (interjection indicating that one has just learned sth) |
| 你的 | nǐ de | your; yours |
| 住址 | zhù zhǐ | address |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 是的 | shì de | yes, that's right |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 具体 | jù tǐ | concrete; specific; detailed |
| 没错 | méi cuò | that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 有意思 | yǒu yì si | interesting / meaningful / enjoyable / fun |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 电话 | diàn huà | telephone / phone call |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 周末 | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 上课 | shàng kè | to go to class / to attend class / to go to teach a class |
| 再见 | zài jiàn | goodbye / see you again later |