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Dentist 2
Y: Dajia hao, hello everyone, perfect your Chinese every day, right here in the Chinese Studio.
Wo shi Y., and how’s Dracula today?
B: You’re so funny my dear, wo hai shi B, I’ve still B despite the lost tooth look. Guess what,
I’ve got a dental appointment to get too.
Y: I’ll come along for the ride, and I’ll bring a few keywords too, here they are.
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Conversation 1
A: 大夫,我牙疼。
B: 我看看。。。你有颗蛀牙。
B: I can see that nasty weapon heading my way, the dreaded drill.
Y: You are so melodramatic B, you’ve been watching too many b-rate movies. By the way,
that thing you call a drill, is what we call ya2 zuan4 in Chinese, as zuan4 means drill,
B: ya2 zuan4. What’s that the dentist just said?
Y: I’ll repeat it, 嘴张大点.
B: zui3 zhang1 da4 dianer3
Y: zui3 is mouth,
B: zui3,
Y: zhang1 means open,
B: zhang1,
Y: da4 means wide,
B: da4,
Y: dianer3 means a little bit,
B: dianer3,
Y: zui3 zhang1 da4 dianer3
B: zui3 zhang1 da4 dianer3, oh I get, time to open wide.
Conversation 2
A: 大夫,我牙疼。
B: 我看看。。。嘴张大点。
B: I’m still nervous. Since I always have goose skin when I heard the sound of the drill.
Y: it’s okay, just relax, like what the dentist told you. fang4 song1 dianer3.
B: fang4 song1 dianer3.
Y: fang4 song1 means relax,
B: fang4 song1,
Y: dianer3 means a little bit,
B: dianer3,
Y: fang4 song1 dianer3.
B: fang4 song1 dianer3. Just relax…I’ve made up my mind Y. After this, I’m gonna make a
bigger effort to look after my teeth. The drill is slowly wearing off and how about this for a
million dollar smile.
Y: Yeah, that new tooth look’s pretty good, maybe not quite a million dollars worth, but
certainly an improvement.
B: So my Dracula impersonation is over for today. How about a quick question before we
disappear Y?
Y: Here we go, how do we say, “dental floss” in Chinese of course.
B: send your email answer to Chinese@crifm.com. Hurry along and you could win yourself a
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prize. Mingtian jian.
Y: Zai jian.
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