Chinese phrasebook
Airport Check-in in Chinese
Practise checking in at an airport in Mandarin. You are the passenger: show your passport, check a bag, choose a window seat and ask where security is.
Situation: Beijing Capital Airport. Your goal: Check in, choose a seat and find security.
The whole conversation, line by line
Tap to hear a line. Check-in agent speaks first; the bold lines are what you can say. To see the lines in your own language, choose it in the language menu at the top.
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Check-in agent
您好，请出示护照和机票。
nín hǎo, qǐng chūshì hùzhào hé jīpiào.
Hello, please show your passport and ticket.
You
给你，这是我的护照。
gěi nǐ, zhè shì wǒ de hùzhào.
Here you go, this is my passport.
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Check-in agent
您有几件行李要托运？
nín yǒu jǐ jiàn xíngli yào tuōyùn?
How many bags are you checking in?
You
一件，这个大箱子。
yí jiàn, zhège dà xiāngzi.
One, this big suitcase.
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Check-in agent
您想坐靠窗还是靠过道？
nín xiǎng zuò kào chuāng háishi kào guòdào?
Would you like a window or an aisle seat?
You
靠窗的，谢谢。
kào chuāng de, xièxie.
Window, please.
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Check-in agent
好的。这是您的登机牌，登机口是十二号。
hǎo de. zhè shì nín de dēngjīpái, dēngjīkǒu shì shí'èr hào.
OK. Here's your boarding pass. The gate is number 12.
You
谢谢。几点开始登机？
xièxie. jǐ diǎn kāishǐ dēngjī?
Thanks. What time does boarding start?
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Check-in agent
两点半开始登机。请先过安检。
liǎng diǎn bàn kāishǐ dēngjī. qǐng xiān guò ānjiǎn.
Boarding starts at 2:30. Please go through security first.
You
好的。安检在哪儿？
hǎo de. ānjiǎn zài nǎr?
OK. Where is security?
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Check-in agent
往前走，然后向右拐。
wǎng qián zǒu, ránhòu xiàng yòu guǎi.
Go straight ahead, then turn right.
You
往前走，向右拐。明白了，谢谢！
wǎng qián zǒu, xiàng yòu guǎi. míngbai le, xièxie!
Straight, then right. Got it, thanks!
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Check-in agent
祝您旅途愉快！
zhù nín lǚtú yúkuài!
Have a good trip!
You
谢谢，再见！
xièxie, zàijiàn!
Thank you, goodbye!
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