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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 30

一天 A day

Yì tiān

Daily routine. Cultural §3: getting around in China.

Dialogue

一天 — A day

高朋文wén山shān, 你nǐ一yì天tiān怎zěn么me过guò? How does your day go?
文山七qī点diǎn起qǐ床chuáng, 八bā点diǎn上shàng学xué. Up at 7, school at 8.
高朋中zhōng午wǔ吃chī饭fàn吗ma? Lunch?
文山中zhōng午wǔ十shí二èr点diǎn吃chī饭fàn. 一yì点diǎn上shàng课kè. Eat at 12. Class at 1.
高朋下xià课kè呢ne? After class?
文山五wǔ点diǎn下xià课kè. 我wǒ回huí家jiā. 十shí一yī点diǎn睡shuì觉jiào. Class ends at 5. I go home. Sleep at 11.

Dialogue

准备好了吗 — Ready?

白月大dà家jiā, 明míng天tiān上shàng班bān准zhǔn备bèi好hǎo了le吗ma? Everyone, ready for work tomorrow?
文山我wǒ准zhǔn备bèi好hǎo了le. I'm ready.
高朋我wǒ也yě是shì. 早zǎo上shàng六liù点diǎn起qǐ床chuáng. Me too. Up at 6.
大友六liù点diǎn太tài早zǎo了le! 6 is too early!
高朋是shì的de. 工gōng作zuò! Yes. Work!

Vocabulary

起qǐ床chuáng: verb get up
睡shuì觉jiào: verb sleep
上shàng班bān: verb go to work
下xià班bān: verb get off work
上shàng课kè: verb go to class
下xià课kè: verb finish class
上shàng学xué: verb go to school
放fàng学xué: verb finish school
工gōng作zuò: n./v. work
准zhǔn备bèi: verb prepare

New characters

课kè: class; lesson
上课 shàng kè — go to class下课 xià kè — finish class课本 kèběn — textbook
睡shuì: sleep
睡觉 shuì jiào — sleep早睡 zǎo shuì — sleep early
准: (in 准备)
准备 zhǔnbèi — prepare
备: (in 准备)
准备 zhǔnbèi — prepare
班: shift; class
上班 shàng bān — go to work下班 xià bān — get off work加班 jiā bān — work overtime (separable)
工: work (in 工作)
工作 gōngzuò — work工人 gōngrén — worker工程师 gōngchéngshī — engineer
作: do; make (in 工作)
工作 gōngzuò — work找工作 zhǎo gōngzuò — look for a job合作 hézuò — cooperate
放fàng: place; put — chapter existential anchor
放学 fàng xué — finish school放下 fàng xià — put down

Hanzi — writing & recognition

起

qǐ rise (revisit Bk1 ch15) Writing

10 strokes left-right radical 走

睡

shuì sleep Writing

13 strokes left-right radical 目

班

bān shift; class Writing

10 strokes left-middle-right

课

kè class; lesson Writing

10 strokes left-right radical 讠

觉

jiào / jué sleep (jiào, in 睡觉); feel (jué) Recognition

9 strokes top-bottom

准

zhǔn (in 准备) Recognition

10 strokes left-right

备

bèi (in 准备) Recognition

8 strokes top-bottom

工

gōng work (in 工作) Recognition

3 strokes standalone

作

zuò do; make (in 工作) Recognition

7 strokes left-right radical 亻

Grammar

Synthesis — sentences for a day

Explanation

Synthesis. A day's actions: 起床 → 上学/上班 → 吃饭 → 上课/工作 → 下班/放学 → 吃饭 → 睡觉. Add time: 我七点起床 / 我八点半上班 / 我十点睡觉. Add place: 在学校上课 / 在家睡觉.

Examples

我早上七点起床. I get up at 7am.
我九点上班. I go to work at 9.
中午我们一起吃饭. At noon we eat together.
晚上十一点睡觉. Sleep at 11pm.

Culture

在中国出门 Getting around in China

Chinese cities are big. There are many ways to get around.

Bus / subway

Buses cost 1-2 yuan. Subway is also cheap. In big cities the subway is fastest.

Taxi

Taxi starts around 10 yuan. Short trips run 30-50.

Walking

In Chinese big cities, walking works too. For short distances, walking is best.

Many ways to get around in China. What will you take?

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