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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 3 · Chapter 3

在机场 At the airport

Zài jīchǎng

Departure day at the airport. Revisits V + 了 perfective and pairs it with V + 完 / V + 好 completion.

Dialogue

我们到机场了 — We're at the airport

林雪我wǒ们men到dào了le, 真zhēn早zǎo! We're here — really early!
王明是shì. 飞fēi机jī还hái有yǒu两liǎng个gè小xiǎo时shí. Yeah. Two more hours until the flight.
林雪我wǒ的de机jī票piào呢ne? 我wǒ没méi找zhǎo到dào. Where's my ticket? I can't find it.
王明在zài你nǐ的de包bāo里lǐ, 我wǒ找zhǎo到dào了le. In your bag — I found it.
林雪护hù照zhào也yě在zài. 我wǒ有yǒu点diǎn紧jǐn张zhāng. Passport's there too. I'm a bit nervous.
王明别bié紧jǐn张zhāng. 我wǒ们men走zǒu过guò去qù排pái队duì. Don't be. Let's walk over and queue.
林雪好hǎo. 几jǐ号hào门mén? OK. Which gate?

Dialogue

检查完了, 等一会就上 — Checks done, boarding soon

王明检jiǎn查chá完wán了le, 我wǒ们men的de护hù照zhào都dōu看kàn好hǎo了le. Checks done — both our passports got reviewed.
林雪等děng了le一yí个gè小xiǎo时shí, 我wǒ有yǒu点diǎn累lèi. Waited an hour — I'm a bit tired.
王明马mǎ上shàng就jiù上shàng飞fēi机jī了le, 你nǐ坐zuò在zài哪nǎ儿ér? Boarding soon. Where are you seated?
林雪我wǒ的de票piào是shì二èr十shí三sān号hào, 你nǐ呢ne? My ticket says 23. You?
王明我wǒ是shì二èr十shí四sì号hào. 我wǒ们men坐zuò在zài一yì起qǐ. I'm 24. We're sitting together.
林雪太tài好hǎo了le. 等děng上shàng了le飞fēi机jī, 我wǒ要yào睡shuì觉jiào. Great. Once we're on, I'm sleeping.
王明到dào了le再zài叫jiào你nǐ. I'll wake you when we arrive.

Vocabulary

机jī场chǎng: noun airport
飞fēi机jī: noun plane (recall Bk1)
机jī票piào: noun plane ticket
排pái队duì: verb queue up; stand in line
检jiǎn查chá: verb check; inspect
等děng: verb wait (recall Bk1)
到dào: verb arrive (recall Bk1)
完wán: verb finish (recall Bk2)
护hù照zhào: noun passport
紧jǐn张zhāng: adjective nervous; tense
已yǐ经jīng: adverb already (recall Bk2)
马mǎ上shàng: adverb right away; soon (recall Bk2)
时shí候hòu: noun time; moment (recall Bk1)
号hào: noun number (recall Bk1)
坐zuò: verb sit; take (transport) (recall Bk1)
林lín雪xuě: pn. Lin Xue (persona — recall ch01)
王wáng明míng: pn. Wang Ming (persona — recall ch01)

New characters

护: (in 护照 = passport)
护照 hùzhào — passport
照: (in 护照 = passport)
护照 hùzhào — passport
紧: tight; tense (in 紧张)
紧张 jǐnzhāng — nervous; tense
队: queue; team (in 排队)
排队 páiduì — queue up; stand in line

Hanzi — writing & recognition

场

chǎng field; place (in 机场) Writing

6 strokes left-right

完

wán finish (recall Bk2) Writing

7 strokes top-bottom

排

pái line up; arrange (in 排队) Recognition

11 strokes left-right

队

duì queue; team (in 排队) Recognition

4 strokes left-right

检

jiǎn check (in 检查) Recognition

11 strokes left-right

查

chá inspect (in 检查) Recognition

9 strokes top-bottom

紧

jǐn tight; tense (in 紧张) Recognition

10 strokes top-bottom

张

zhāng open; tense (in 紧张) Recognition

7 strokes left-right

Grammar

Result complement 2: V + 到 / 住 / 走 (三46)

Explanation

Adding 到 / 住 / 走 after a verb states the action's RESULT. 到 = goal reached (买到 = bought and got it; 找到 = looked and found). 住 = fixed / held (记住 = memorised firmly; 站住 = halt). 走 = away (拿走 / 带走 = took it away). Negate with 没 (没买到). Deeper than Band 2's V+完/好.

Examples

我买到机票了. I got the plane ticket.
我找到行李了. I found the luggage.
请记住这个号. Please remember this number.
他拿走了我的票. He took my ticket away.

Grammar

Compound directional complement (三47)

Explanation

Grammar-01's V+到/住/走 marked RESULT; the compound directional marks DIRECTION: verb + (出/进/过/回/上/下/起) + 来/去. 来 = toward speaker, 去 = away. 从包里拿出票来 (take the ticket out of the bag) / 我们走过去 (walk over there). The object can sit before 来/去 (拿出票来) or after (拿出来一张票).

Examples

他从包里拿出票来. He took the ticket out of his bag.
我们走过去排队吧. Let's walk over and queue.
飞机飞起来了. The plane took off.
请把行李拿下来. Please take the luggage down.

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