New Words

From Lesson: Why are they suddenly missing
Word Pinyin Meaning
睡着 shuìzháo to fall asleep
gēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

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Chinese

你怎么还喝咖啡? 怎么了? 你不是说晚上睡不着觉吗? 没事,我只喝一杯。 你还是喝杯牛奶吧,可以睡得更好些。 好吧,牛奶呢? 还没买呢。

Pinyin

Nǐ zěnme hái hē kāfēi? zěn me le? Nǐ bú shì shuō wǎnshàng shuì bù zháo jiào ma? Méi shì, wǒ zhǐ hē yì bēi. Nǐ háishì hē bēi niúnǎi ba, kěyǐ shuì de gèng hǎo xiē. Hǎo ba, niúnǎi ne? Hái méi mǎi ne.

English

Why are you still drinking coffee? What's wrong? Didn't you say you can't fall asleep at night? It's okay, I'll just have one drink. You'd better drink a glass of milk; you can sleep a little better. Okay, what about the milk? Haven't bought it yet.