Lesson 017. Asking For or Giving Directions.

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🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Learn about taking a taxi and giving or asking for directions in Mandarin Chinese. You will learn all possible ways of giving directions instructions to a taxi driver with specific information about taking a taxi in Beijing, Shanghai and Taiwan. You can also use the expressions from this lesson in other situations involving asking for or giving directions. Please signup and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 276+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts, worksheets and additional dialogues.

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0:00.0	Dear friends, hello, how are you? And welcome to Mandarin Chinese lessons with Serge Melnik.
0:17.2	In this lesson, we will talk about taking a taxi ride and about giving or asking for directions.
0:24.6	You will learn all possible ways of giving direction instructions to a taxi driver.
0:31.6	You can also use the expressions from this lesson in other situations involving asking for or giving directions.
0:40.3	Before we start, let's learn some new words.
0:43.3	A taxi in Chinese is
0:49.3	Tru-Zoo-Zoo-Chue-Chue-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chou-Chu-Chou-Chou.
0:57.5	Very good.
0:59.7	Chou-z-boo basically means to rent.
1:03.3	Chou-z-ch-means a car.
1:09.6	Chae.
1:15.6	The full word for a car is also Qi ch'e
1:18.6	So taxi can also be
1:24.6	Truzhu This expression is widely used
1:31.0	in mainland China.
1:33.2	If you study Chinese or
1:35.1	plan to take a cab in Taiwan,
1:38.1	then they use
1:39.2	a different word. In Taiwan,
1:41.8	they call taxi
1:42.8	Ji chengcha. Ji cheng. In Taiwan, they call taxi Ji-cheng-Chang-Chue.
1:47.0	Ji-cheng-che-che-
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