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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 29

打车回家 Take a taxi home

Dǎ chē huí jiā

Taxi & directional motion. The 从 preposition.

Dialogue

打车回家 — Taking a taxi home

高朋白bái月yuè, 你nǐ从cóng哪nǎ儿ér回huí? Where are you coming from?
白月我wǒ从cóng商shāng场chǎng回huí. 太tài累lèi了le. From the mall. So tired.
高朋我wǒ开kāi车chē. 你nǐ也yě行xíng打dǎ车chē回huí去qù. I drive. You can also take a taxi.
白月出chū租zū车chē多duō少shǎo钱qián? How much for a taxi?
高朋不bú太tài贵guì. 我wǒ送sòng你nǐ回huí家jiā! Not expensive. I'll take you home!
白月谢xiè谢xiè! 真zhēn好hǎo! Thanks! How nice!

Dialogue

回去回来 — Go back, come back

文山高gāo朋péng, 你nǐ从cóng家jiā来lái了le吗ma? Coming from home?
高朋是shì的de. 我wǒ回huí来lái了le. Yes. Came back.
文山我wǒ马mǎ上shàng就jiù回huí去qù. I'll head back in a bit.
高朋请qǐng进jìn来lái! 我wǒ们men说shuō一yí会huì儿er. Come in! Let's chat for a moment.
文山好hǎo! 我wǒ马mǎ上shàng进jìn去qù. OK! Coming in now.

Vocabulary

打dǎ车chē: verb take a taxi
开kāi车chē: verb drive
出chū租zū车chē: noun taxi
回huí: verb return
回huí家jiā: verb go home
回huí来lái: verb come back
回huí去qù: verb go back
进jìn: verb enter
进jìn来lái: verb come in
出chū去qù: verb go out

New characters

打dǎ: hit; play; take (taxi)
打车 dǎ chē — take a taxi打电话 dǎ diànhuà — make a call打开 dǎkāi — open
从cóng: from; (in 从来 = always/never)
从来 cónglái — always; throughout — paired with 没 to form "(have) never"
累lèi: 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sòng: send (off); take to
进jìn: enter (later)
进来 jìn lái — come in进步 jìnbù — progress; advance

Hanzi — writing & recognition

回

huí return Writing

6 strokes enclosure

进

jìn enter Writing

7 strokes enclosure radical 辶

出

chū exit Writing

5 strokes standalone

开

kāi open; drive Writing

4 strokes top-bottom

打

dǎ hit; play; take (taxi) Recognition

5 strokes left-right radical 扌

送

sòng send (off); take to Recognition

9 strokes enclosure radical 辶

来

lái come (revisit Bk1 ch10) Recognition

7 strokes standalone

去

qù go (revisit Bk1 ch10) Recognition

5 strokes top-bottom

Grammar

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.
从北京回. Returning from Beijing.
我打车回家. I take a taxi home.
请进! 进来吧! Please come in!

Pronunciation

声调搭配练习: 二声开头 Tone-Pair Drills: 2nd-Tone First

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