A：不好意思，请问附近有地铁站吗？
B：最近的地铁站应该是世纪公园站，在商场旁边。
A：你知道怎么走吗？
B：从这条路一直往前走，穿过一个小花园，到花园后门左转，再过两个十字路口，你就能看到国家图书馆了，图书馆对面就是世纪公园的商场。
商场附近应该有三、四个地铁站入口。
A：谢谢你！
但是，你说得太快了，能再说一遍吗？
B：好吧…
…
其实，你也可以打车到地铁站。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 不好意思 | bù hǎo yì si | to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) |
| 请 | qǐng | please (do sth) |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 附近 | fù jìn | nearby; neighboring / (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 地铁 | dì tiě | underground railway; subway / subway train |
| 站 | zhàn | station / branch of a company or organization / website |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 近 | jìn | near / close to |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 世纪 | shì jì | century |
| 公园 | gōng yuán | park (for public recreation) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 商场 | shāng chǎng | shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium |
| 旁边 | páng biān | side; adjacent place |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 条 | tiáo | classifier for long thin things |
| 路 | lù | road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 往 | wǎng | to / towards / (of a train) bound for |
| 前 | qián | front / forward / ahead |
| 穿过 | chuān guò | to pass through |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 花园 | huā yuán | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants |
| 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) |
| 后 | hòu | back / rear |
| 门 | mén | gate / 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) |
| 左 | zuǒ | left / the Left (politics) / east |
| 转 | zhuǎn | to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) |
| 再 | zài | further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 字 | zì | letter / symbol / character / word |
| 路口 | lù kǒu | crossing / intersection (of roads) |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 看 | kàn | to 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 |
| 国家 | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 图书馆 | tú shū guǎn | library |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 对面 | duì miàn | (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 入口 | rù kǒu | entrance |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | thanks / thank you |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 快 | kuài | rapid / quick |
| 遍 | biàn | classifier for actions: one time |
| 好 | hǎo | all right! |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 其实 | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 打 | dǎ | a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings |
| 车 | chē | car / vehicle / machine |