New Words

From Lesson: I've known her for five years
Word Pinyin Meaning
迟到 chídào to arrive late
bàn half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
jiē to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
chā difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake

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Chinese

你看看手表,怎么迟到了? 没迟到啊。 你不是说七点半来接我吗?你迟到了一刻钟。 现在不是七点半吗? 已经差一刻八点了!我都在这儿坐了半个小时了。 不是我迟到了,是你的表快了一刻钟。

Pinyin

nǐ kàn kàn shǒubiǎo, zěnme chídào le? méi chí dào a. Nǐ bú shì shuō qī diǎn bàn lái jiē wǒ ma? Nǐ chí dào le yí kè zhōng. xiànzài bú shì qī diǎn bàn ma? Yǐjīng chà yí kè bā diǎn le! Wǒ dōu zài zhèr zuò le bàn gè xiǎoshí le. Bù shì wǒ chí dào le,shì nǐ de biǎo kuài le yí kè zhōng.

English

Look at your watch, how come you're late? I wasn't late. Didn't you say you'd pick me up at seven thirty? You're fifteen minutes late. Isn't it 7:30 now? It's already a quarter to eight! I've been sitting here for half an hour already. I wasn't late; your watch is fifteen minutes fast.