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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

汉字	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
起床	qǐ chuáng	v.	get up
睡觉	shuì jiào	v.	sleep
上班	shàng bān	v.	go to work
下班	xià bān	v.	get off work
上课	shàng kè	v.	go to class
下课	xià kè	v.	finish class
上学	shàng xué	v.	go to school
放学	fàng xué	v.	finish school
工作	gōngzuò	n./v.	work
准备	zhǔnbèi	v.	prepare

New characters

汉字	Pinyin	Meaning
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	zhǔn	(in 准备) 准备 zhǔnbèi — prepare
备	bèi	(in 准备) 准备 zhǔnbèi — prepare
班	bān	shift; class 上班 shàng bān — go to work下班 xià bān — get off work加班 jiā bān — work overtime (separable)
工	gōng	work (in 工作) 工作 gōngzuò — work工人 gōngrén — worker工程师 gōngchéngshī — engineer
作	zuò	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

综合复习 — 一天的句子 Synthesis — sentences for a day

回顾本书所学. 一天的动作: 起床 → 上学 / 上班 → 中午吃饭 → 下午上课 / 工作 → 下班 / 放学 → 晚上吃饭 → 睡觉. 加时间: "我七点起床" / "我八点半上班" / "我十点睡觉". 加位置: "在学校上课" / "在家睡觉".

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.

我早上七点起床. Wǒ zǎoshang qī diǎn qǐ chuáng. I get up at 7am.
我九点上班. Wǒ jiǔ diǎn shàng bān. I go to work at 9.
中午我们一起吃饭. Zhōngwǔ wǒmen yìqǐ chī fàn. At noon we eat together.
晚上十一点睡觉. Wǎnshang shí yī diǎn shuì jiào. 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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