19. Bilingual Juzi: In Search of Places and Memories

In our regular bilingual segment, David and Siok reviews the Mandarin phrases that came up in their chat about “In Search of Places and Memories”’ They also share every day Chinese phrases, proverbs and even pieces of slang you can use when you reminisce about the places you have missed most.

 

For bilingual show notes on the Mandarin vocabulary shared during the episode, visit the official Juzi The Mandarin Podcast website at

http://juzi.sg/index.php/2020/09/01/juzi-live-ep15-show-notes/

Join Siok and David every Wednesday at 8pm Singapore time (UTC+0800) for their live cast on Facebook ：https://facebook.com/juzipodcast

 

Here is a list of the Chinese vocabulary mentioned in the episode as well as the phrases explained in the Bilingual Juzi segment.

 

Vocabulary 词汇

Refresher Vocabulary 词汇提醒

1. 天马行空 / TIAN1 MA3 XING2 KONG1 / UNSTOPPABLE; UNCONSTRAINED 2. 情怀 / QING2 HUAI2 / FEELINGS 3. 淘 / TAO2 / SCOURING 4. 生机 / SHENG1 JI1 / VITALITY 5 硬座 / YING4 ZUO4 / HARD SEAT 6. 软座 / RUAN3 ZUO4 / COACH SEAT (WITH CUSHION) 7. 月台 / YUE4 TAI2 / PLATFORM 8. 灵活 / LING2 HUO2 / AGILE 9. 馊主意 / SOU1 ZHU2 YI4 / BAD IDEAS 10. 经历 / JING1 LI4 / EXPERIENCE 11. 寻根 / XUN2 GEN1 / ROOT SEARCH 12. 习俗 / XI2 SU2 / CUSTOM

BILINGUAL JUZI 双语桔子

1 .流连忘返 / LIU2 LIAN2 WANG4 FAN3 / ENJOYING ONESELF AND FORGET TO GO HOME 3. 风土人情 / FENG1 TU3 REN1 QING2 / LOCAL CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES 4. 朝花夕拾 / ZHAO1 HUA1 XI1 SHI2 / DAWN BLOSSOMS PLUCKED AT DUSK. 5. 恋恋不舍 / LIAN4 LIAN4 BU4 SHE3 / RELUCTANT TO PART WITH

6..穷游 / QIONG2 YOU2 / BACKPACKING

7. 沙发客 / SHA1 FA1 KE4 / COUCH SURFER 8. 民宿 / MIN2 SU4 / HOMESTAY; BED AND BREAKFAST 9. 青年旅社 / QING1 NIAN2 LYU3 SHE4 / YOUTH HOSTEL 10. 胡同 / HU2 TONG4 / HUTONG – ALLEY (BEIJING) 11. 弄堂 / LONG4 TANG2 / LONGTANG – ALLEY (SHANGHAI) 12 四合院 / SI4 HE2 YUAN4 / SIHEYUAN – THE OLD COURTYARD HOUSE