In a Taxi: a Chinese dialogue with translation
Anna takes a taxi to work at the hospital and finds out the driver is her friend's father. HSK 1, 9 sentences, 88 characters. Tap a line to see the translation, tap the icon to hear it.
在出租车上 zài chūzūchē shang
Translation
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Taxi driver: Hello! Where to?
Anna: To the hospital, thanks.
Taxi driver: The hospital? Are you sick?
Anna: No, I'm a doctor. I'm going to work.
Taxi driver: Really? My daughter is a doctor too, and she works at that hospital too!
Anna: Really? What's her name?
Taxi driver: Everyone calls her Dr. Wang.
Anna: Dr. Wang? I know her, she's a good friend of mine!
Taxi driver: That's great! Here we are. Today I won't take your money!
HSK 1 words in this text
- 你好nǐ hǎohi
- 去qùgo
- 哪儿nǎrwhere
- 医院yīyuànhospital
- 谢谢xièxiethank you
- 你nǐyou
- 生病shēngbìngget sick
- 了leparticle "already"
- 吗mayes/no question particle
- 没有méiyǒunot have, there isn't
- 我wǒI, me
- 是shìbe
- 医生yīshēngdoctor
- 上班shàngbāngo to work
- 女儿nǚ’érdaughter
- 也yěalso, too
- 在zàibe at; in
- 那个nàgethat one
- 工作gōngzuòwork; to work
- 真zhēnreally
- 的departicle "of, -'s"
- 她tāshe
- 叫jiàobe called
- 什么shénmewhat, which
- 名字míngziname
- 大家dàjiāeveryone
- 都dōuall, both
- 认识rènshiknow (someone)
- 朋友péngyoufriend
- 太tàitoo
- 到dàoarrive
- 今天jīntiāntoday
- 不bùnot
- 要yàowant, be going to
- 钱qiánmoney
Questions on the text
Where is Anna going?
To the hospital, to work.
What does the driver's daughter do?
She's a doctor.
What does the driver say at the end?
That he won't take her money.
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- About Me我叫安娜
- My Family我的家
- My Friend我的朋友
- My Day我的一天
- At the Store在商店
- At the Restaurant在饭店
- Today's Weather今天的天气
- My Room我的房间
- My Chinese Teacher我的汉语老师
- Sunday星期天
- I'm Seven我七岁了
- See You Tomorrow明天见
- Nice to Meet You认识你很高兴
- Where Do You Live?你住在哪儿
- What Time Shall We Meet?我们几点见
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- Buying Fruit买水果
- What Do You Like to Eat?你喜欢吃什么
- Calling Mom给妈妈打电话
- At a Friend's Place在朋友家
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