Chinese phrasebook
At the Post Office in Chinese
Practise sending a parcel from a Chinese post office. Choose urgent delivery, ask the price and buy stamps.
Situation: A post office in Shanghai. Your goal: Send a parcel abroad and buy stamps.
The whole conversation, line by line
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Post office clerk
下午好。请说。
xià wǔ hǎo. qǐng shuō.
Good afternoon. Tell me.
You
下午好。我想寄一个包裹到美国。
xià wǔ hǎo. wǒ xiǎng jì yí gè bāo guǒ dào měi guó.
Good afternoon. I want to send a parcel to the United States.
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Post office clerk
好的。您要寄普通的还是加急的？
hǎo de. nín yào jì pǔ tōng de hái shì jiā jí de?
Very good. Do you want to send it by normal or urgent post?
You
加急的，谢谢。这是生日礼物。
jiā jí de, xiè xiè. zhè shì shēng rì lǐ wù.
Urgent, please. It's a birthday present.
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Post office clerk
请把它放在秤上。
qǐng bǎ tā fàng zài chèng shàng.
Put it on the scale, please.
You
放好了。多久能到？
fàng hǎo le. duō jiǔ néng dào?
Here it is. How long does it take to arrive?
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Post office clerk
加急的话，四到五天。
jiā jí de huà, sì dào wǔ tiān.
By urgent post, between four and five days.
You
好的。邮费多少钱？
hǎo de. yóu fèi duō shǎo qián?
Perfect. How much does the postage cost?
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Post office clerk
二百二十五块。您还需要邮票吗？
èr bǎi èr shí wǔ kuài. nín hái xū yào yóu piào ma?
That's two hundred and twenty-five yuan. Do you need stamps too?
You
要，请给我三张寄往美国的明信片邮票。
yào, qǐng gěi wǒ sān zhāng jì wǎng měi guó de míng xìn piàn yóu piào.
Yes, give me three stamps for postcards to the United States.
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Post office clerk
邮票十五块。一共二百四十块。
yóu piào shí wǔ kuài. yī gòng èr bǎi sì shí kuài.
The stamps cost fifteen yuan. In total it's two hundred and forty yuan.
You
给您三百块。
gěi nín sān bǎi kuài.
Here's three hundred yuan.
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Post office clerk
找您六十块。这是收据，上面有快递单号。
zhǎo nín liù shí kuài. zhè shì shōu jù, shàng miàn yǒu kuài dì dān hào.
Your change is sixty yuan. Here's the receipt with the tracking number.
You
非常感谢。再见，祝您愉快。
fēi cháng gǎn xiè. zài jiàn, zhù nín yú kuài.
Thank you very much. Goodbye, have a good day.
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