New Words

From Lesson: Do you live far from your company
Word Pinyin Meaning
guò (experienced action marker); to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-
zǒu to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as [[撤走<chèzǒu>]]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
dào to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive; (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

Text 4

Loading content…
Raw Text (Chinese • Pinyin • English)
Chinese

今天晚上我们一起吃饭吧,给你过生日。 今天?离我的生日还有一个多星期呢! 下个星期我要去北京,今天过吧。 好吧,离这儿不远有一个中国饭馆,走几分钟就到了。

Pinyin

Jīntiān wǎnshang wǒmen yìqǐ chīfàn ba,gěi nǐ guò shēngrì. Jīn tiān? Lí wǒ de shēngrì hái yǒu yí gè duō xīngqī ne! Xià gè xīngqī wǒ yào qù Běijīng, jīntiān guò ba. hǎo ba, lí zhèr bù yuǎn yǒu yí gè zhōngguó fànguǎn, zǒu jǐ fēnzhōng jiù dào le.

English

Let's have dinner together tonight to celebrate your birthday. Today? There's still more than a week until my birthday! I'm going to Beijing next week; let's do it today. Okay, there's a Chinese restaurant not far from here; walk a few minutes and you'll be there.