Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 29
打车回家Take a taxi home
Say where you're coming from with 从, take a taxi home, and say come back, go back and come in.
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打车回家— Taking a taxi home
- 高朋白月, 你从哪儿回来?Bai Yue, where are you coming back from?
- 白月我从商场回来. 太累了.From the mall. I'm so tired.
- 高朋你想打车吗?Do you want a taxi?
- 白月出租车多少钱?How much for a taxi?
- 高朋不太贵. 我开车来的, 我送你回家!Not expensive. But I drove here: I'll take you home!
- 白月谢谢! 真好!Thanks! How nice!
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回去回来— Go back, come back
- 文山高朋, 你回来了!Gao Peng, you're back!
- 高朋是的, 我回来了. 请进来!Yes, I'm back. Come in!
- 文山不进去了. 我马上就回去.I won't come in. I'm heading back soon.
- 高朋进来吧! 我们说一会儿.Come on in! Let's chat for a bit.
- 文山好!OK!
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- 打车
verbtake a taxi
- 开车
verbdrive
- 出租车
nountaxi
- 回
verbreturn
- 回家
verbgo home
- 回来
verbcome back
- 回去
verbgo back
- 进
verbenter
- 进来
verbcome in
- 出去
verbgo out
- 进去
verbto go in
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- 打
hit; play; take (taxi)
打车 dǎ chē — take a taxi打电话 dǎ diànhuà — make a call打开 dǎkāi — open- 从
from; (in 从来 = always/never)
从来 cónglái — always; throughout — paired with 没 to form "(have) never"- 累
tired
累死了 lèi sǐ le — dead tired (colloquial intensifier)累不累 lèi bu lèi — tired or not? — V不V question- 出
exit
出租车 chūzūchē — taxi出去 chū qù — go out出国 chū//guó — go abroad; leave the country- 租
to rent; (in 出租车 = taxi)
出租车 chūzūchē — taxi- 送
send (off); take to
- 进
enter (later)
进来 jìn lái — come in进步 jìnbù — progress; advance
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huíreturnWriting
jìnenterWriting
chūexitWriting
kāiopen; driveWriting
dǎhit; play; take (taxi)Recognition
sòngsend (off); take toRecognition
láicomeRecognition
qùgoRecognition
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Preposition 从 — "from"
Explanation
从 + place = "from X." Pattern: 从 + place + V. 我从家来 (I come from home). With V₁ + V₂: 从 X 到 Y (from X to Y). 从家到学校 (from home to school).
Examples
- 我从家来.I'm coming from home.
- 我从北京回来.I'm coming back from Beijing.
- 我打车回家.I take a taxi home.
- 请进! 进来吧!Please come in!
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Verb + 来 or 去
Explanation
来 means toward the speaker, and 去 means away from the speaker: 回来 (come back here), 回去 (go back there). If you're in the room, you tell someone outside 进来 (come in). If you're outside, you say 我不进去了 (I won't go in).
Examples
- 你回来了!You're back!
- 我马上回去.I'm going back right away.
- 请进来!Please come in!
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