S2 3 - Buying gifts isn't easy

Question 1

1. 你现在要去哪？
2. 我要去买礼物
3. 送给女朋友吗？
4. 不是，要送给我的家人
5. 是哦！你要买什么？
6. 我还不知道，现在很多店都关了！
7. 线上买呢？
8. 可是我觉得我要看到，摸到才能确定
9. 也是。。。送茶叶呢？
10. 他们不太懂喝茶
11. 那。。。凤梨酥呢？
12. 已经送过太多次了
13. 是哦。。。买礼物真的很不简单
14. 你看我买的贴纸
15. 狗狗的贴纸好可爱！
16. 还有这个贴纸
17. 禁止吸烟？

Answer 1

1. Nǐ xiànzài yào qù nǎ?
   - Where are you going now?
2. Wǒ yào qù mǎi lǐwù
   - I’m going to buy presents
3. Sòng gěi nǚ péngyǒu ma?
   - To give to your girlfriend?
4. Bùshì, yào sòng gěi wǒ de jiārén
   - No, to give to my family.
5. Shì ó! Nǐ yàomǎi shénme?
   - Oh! What are you going to buy?
6. Wǒ hái bù zhīdào, xiànzài hěnduō diàn dōu guānle!
   - I don’t know yet, a lot of shops are closed now.
7. Xiànshàng mǎi ne?
   - What about buying online?
8. Kěshì wǒ juédé wǒ yào kàn dào, mō dào cáinéng quèdìng
   - But I think I have to see and feel (them) to be sure.
9. Yěshì. . . Sòng cháyè ne?
   - True…what about giving tea?
10. Tāmen bù tài dǒng hē chá
    - They don’t really appreciate tea (lit. don’t understand how to drink tea)
11. Nà… Fènglí sū ne?
    - Then…how about pineapple cake?
12. Yǐjīng sòngguò tài duō cìle
    - I’ve already given it too many times.
13. Shì ó. . . Mǎi lǐwù zhēn de hěn bù jiǎndān
    - Oh…buying presents really isn’t easy!
14. Nǐ kàn wǒ mǎi de tiēzhǐ
    - Look at the stickers I bought!
15. Gǒu gǒu de tiēzhǐ hǎo kě’ài!
    - The dog stickers are so cute.
16. Hái yǒu zhège tiēzhǐ
    - There’s also this sticker.
17. Jìnzhǐ xīyān?
    - Smoking prohibited?

Question 2

礼物

Answer 2

Pinyin:
- lǐwù

Definition:
- gift
- present

Question 3

礼

Answer 3

Pinyin:
- lǐ

Definition:
- ritual
- manners

Question 4

物

Answer 4

Pinyin:
- wù

Definition:
- thing
- object

Question 5

送

Answer 5

Pinyin:
- sòng

Definition:
- to send off, to see off
- to give as a present
- to deliver

Question 6

给

Answer 6

Pinyin:
1. gěi
2. jǐ

Definition:
1.
- to give
- to allow
- for (someone)…
2.
- to supply

Question 7

朋友

Answer 7

Pinyin:
- péngyǒu

Definition:
- friend

Question 8

朋

Answer 8

Pinyin:
- péng

Definition:
- friend

Question 9

友

Answer 9

Pinyin:
- yǒu

Definition:
- friend

Question 10

线上

Answer 10

Pinyin:
- xiànshàng

Definition:
- online

Question 11

线

Answer 11

Pinyin:
- xiàn

Definition:
- thread, wire
- clue

Question 12

觉得

Answer 12

Pinyin:
- juéde

Definition:
- to feel

Question 13

觉

Answer 13

Pinyin:
1. jué
2. jiào

Definition:
1.
- to feel
2.
- to sleep

Question 14

摸

Answer 14

Pinyin:
- mō

Definition:
- to feel with the hand
- to grope for
- to sneak in or out
- to try to find out

Question 15

才能

Answer 15

Pinyin:
- cáinéng

Definition:
- talent, ability

Question 16

才

Answer 16

Pinyin:
- cái

Definition:
- substance
- natural capacity
- talent, genius
- then (not till then)
- only

Question 17

确定

Answer 17

Pinyin:
- quèdìng

Definition:
- definite, certain, fixed
- to fix (on sth)
- to determine
- to be sure
- to ensure, to make certain
- to ascertain
- to clinch
- to recognize
- to confirm
- OK (on computer dialog box)

Question 18

确

Answer 18

Pinyin:
- què
Definition:
- be true, be definite

Question 19

定

Answer 19

Pinyin:
- dìng

Definition:
- be calm, stable
- to settle (a matter)
- subscribe

Question 20

也是

Answer 20

Pinyin:
- yěshì

Definition:
- true!

Question 21

叶

Answer 21

Pinyin:
- yè

Definition:
- a leaf

Question 22

凤梨酥

Answer 22

Pinyin:
- fènglí sū

Definition:
- pineapple cake

Question 23

凤

Answer 23

Pinyin:
- fèng

Definition:
- phoenix

Question 24

梨

Answer 24

Pinyin:
- lí

Definition:
- pear

Question 25

酥

Answer 25

Pinyin:
- sū

Definition:
- flaky pastry
- crunchy
- limp
- soft
- silky

Question 26

已经

Answer 26

Pinyin:
- yǐjīng

Definition:
- already

Question 27

已

Answer 27

Pinyin:
- yǐ

Definition:
- already
- to end, to cease

Question 28

经

Answer 28

Pinyin:
- jīng

Definition:
- warp (of fabric)
- pass through
- literary classic

Question 29

过

Answer 29

Pinyin:
- guò

Definition:
- to go over

Question 30

多

Answer 30

Pinyin:
- duō

Definition:
- be numerous

Question 31

简单

Answer 31

Pinyin:
- jiǎndān

Definition:
- simple, not complicated

Question 32

简

Answer 32

Pinyin:
- jiǎn

Definition:
- to be simple
- to make simple, to abridge
- letter correspondence

Question 33

贴纸

Answer 33

Pinyin:
- tiēzhǐ

Definition:
- sticker

Question 34

纸

Answer 34

Pinyin:
- zhǐ

Definition:
- paper

Question 35

可爱

Answer 35

Pinyin:
- kě’ài

Definition:
- cute

Question 36

爱

Answer 36

Pinyin:
- ài

Definition:
- to love

Question 37

禁止吸烟

Answer 37

Pinyin:
- Jìnzhǐ xīyān

Definition:
- No smoking!

Question 38

禁

Answer 38

Pinyin:
1. jìn
2. jīn

Definition:
1.
- prohibit
2.
- endure
- control oneself

Question 39

止

Answer 39

Pinyin:
- zhǐ

Definition:
- to stop

Question 40

吸

Answer 40

Pinyin:
- xī

Definition:
- to inhale
- to soak up

Question 41

烟

Answer 41

Pinyin:
- yān

Definition:
- smoke
- tobacco, cigarette

Question 42

凤梨

Answer 42

Pinyin:
- fènglí

Definition:
- pineapple

Question 43

吸烟

Answer 43

Pinyin:
- xīyān

Definition:
- to smoke (tobacco)

Question 44

禁止

Answer 44

Pinyin:
- jìnzhǐ

Definition:
- to prohibit
- to forbid
- to ban