PCR Text Recording   Lesson 8 Qǐng hē chá

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Gǔbō	Wáng lǎoshī, nín hǎo. 王老師，您好。
Wáng	Nǐ hǎo, qǐng jìn. 你好，請進。
Gǔbō	Zhè shì wǒ péngyou - Pàlánkǎ.這是我朋友帕蘭卡。
Wáng	Huānyíng, huānyíng. Qǐng hē chá. 歡迎，歡迎。請進。
Pàlánkǎ	Xièxie. 謝謝。
Wáng	Bú kèqi. Nǐ xī yān ma? 不客氣。你吸煙嗎？
Pàlánkǎ	Wǒ bù xī yān. 我不吸煙。

New words
 

qǐng	please, to ask
hē	to drink
chá	tea
nín	you, a polite form
jìn	to enter, to come in
huānyíng	to welcome
xièxie	to thank, thank you
kèqi	be polite, courteous
xī yān	to smoke a cigarette

Proper name
 

Wáng	a Chinesesurname

Supplementary words
 

kāfēi	coffee
píjiǔ	beer
niúnǎi	milk
xiānsheng	Mr., sir, gentleman
tàitai	Mrs., madame

Sounds and syllables of Lesson 8

q x in ian uan

qǐng jìn xiè xī yān kè qì huān yíng

Notes

• Nǐ xī yān ma? - 'Do you smoke?' In China, offering a cigarette to a gust is a polite behavior although it becomes less common in big cities. But it is still an accepted social behavior.