Yajie: Welcome to Chinese Studio on CRI – Daijia hao, wo shi Yajie.
James: Wo shi Jame. Yajie, I heard that Cam went on a vacation to the Hawaiian Islands.
Yajie: Yes, and I heard that he did some swimming!
James: That’s right, I also love swimming. So this week, we are going to learn all about swimming.
Yajie: Good idea. Let’s start with Key Words of the Day.
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Key Words of the Day
swimming pool 游泳池(you2yong3 chi2)。Diving跳水(tiao4 shui3)。Diving Board 跳板(tiao4 ban3)。The water is too cold水太凉了(shui3 tai4 liang2 le)。The water is too hot水太热了。(shui3 tai4 re4 le.) Do you know how to dive? 你知道怎么跳水吗?(Ni3 zhi1dao zen3me tiao4 shui3 ma?) All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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James: So Yajie, let’s start with some basic words about swimming.
Yajie: Ok, our first Chinese word today is 游泳池(you2yong3 chi2), which means swimming pool.
James: 游泳池(you2yong3 chi2).
Yajie: 游泳 (you2yong3) means swim, the second tone, and the third tone
James: 游泳 (you2yong3)
Yajie: And 池 (chi2) means pool.
James: 池 (chi2), chi, the second tone, right?
Yajie: Yes. Together it’s游泳池(you2yong3 chi2)
James: 游泳池(you2yong3 chi2), swimming pool.
Yajie: Now the second word is 跳水(tiao4 shui3).
James: 跳水(tiao4 shui3). What does that mean?
Yajie: It means to dive.
James: 跳水(tiao4 shui3), diving.
Yajie: Right. 跳 (tiao4) means to jump.
James: 跳 (tiao4)
Yajie: 水 (shui3) is water.
James: 水 (shui3)
Yajie: 跳水(tiao4 shui3) means to jump into the water, and that’s diving.
James: I see. 跳水(tiao4 shui3), diving.
Yajie: And the Chinese for diving board is跳板(tiao4 ban3)
James: 跳板(tiao4 ban3)
Yajie: 板 (ban3), ban, the third tone, which means board.
James: 板 (ban3)
Yajie: 跳板(tiao4 ban3), the board for diving, and that's diving board.
James: 跳板(tiao4 ban3)
Conversation 1:
James: Yajie, the water in the swimming pool is too cold for me. How do I complain that in Chinese?
Yajie: well, you can say水太凉了(shui3 tai4 liang2 le)。
James: 水太凉了(shui3 tai4 liang2 le).
Yajie: 水 (shui3) is water.
James: 水 (shui3).
Yajie: 太 (tai4), too.
James: 太 (tai4)
Yajie: 凉 (liang2), here means cold .
James: 凉 (liang2)
Yajie: 水太凉了(shui3 tai4 liang2 le), the water is too cold
James: 水太凉了(shui3 tai4 liang2 le)
Yajie: Now the Chinese for hot is 热 (re4).
James: 热 (re4).
YJ: So if the water is too hot, you can say “水太热了。(shui3 tai4 re4 le.)”
James: 水太热了。(shui3 tai4 re4 le.)
Conversation 2:
Yajie: James, 你知道怎么跳水吗?(Ni3 zhi1dao zen3me tiao4 shui3 ma?) Do you know how to dive?
James: I see. no problem, I’m a very good teacher. But I need to know how to say it in Chinese.
Yajie: No problem. 你 (ni3) means you.
James: 你 (ni3)
Yajie: 知道(zhi1dao), to know.
James: 知道(zhi1dao)
Yajie: 怎么 (zen3me), how.
James: 怎么 (zen3me)
Yajie: 跳水(tiao4 shui3) dive.
James: 跳水(tiao4 shui3)
Yajie: 吗 (ma), question mark.
James: 吗 (ma)
Yajie: 你知道怎么跳水吗?(Ni3 zhi1dao zen3me tiao4 shui3 ma?)
James: 你知道怎么跳水吗?(Ni3 zhi1dao zen3me tiao4 shui3 ma?) Do you know how to dive?
Conversation 3:
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Key Words Reminder
swimming pool 游泳池(you2yong3 chi2)。Diving跳水(tiao4 shui3)。Diving Board 跳板(tiao4 ban3)。The water is too cold水太凉了(shui3 tai4 liang2 le)。The water is too hot水太热了。(shui3 tai4 re4 le.) Do you know how to dive? 你知道怎么跳水吗?(Ni3 zhi1dao zen3me tiao4 shui3 ma?) All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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Yajie: That wraps up today’s lesson…. Now comes to our question of the day.
Cam: How do you say, “do you know how to dive” in Chinese?
Yajie: Ming tian jian.
Cam: Ming tian jian!
