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Chinese Phrases for Post Office Visits

The document discusses going to the post office for various reasons such as cashing money orders or picking up packages. Key phrases are introduced for asking to cash a money order ("wo3 yao4 qu3 hui4 kuan3") and picking up a package ("wo3 yao4 qu3 bao1 guo3"). When picking up a package or cashing a money order, identification such as an identification card ("shen1 fen1 zheng4") or passport ("hu4 zhao4") would need to be presented. Sample conversations are provided to demonstrate asking to cash a money order, pick up a package, and what identification is required.

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Chinese Phrases for Post Office Visits

The document discusses going to the post office for various reasons such as cashing money orders or picking up packages. Key phrases are introduced for asking to cash a money order ("wo3 yao4 qu3 hui4 kuan3") and picking up a package ("wo3 yao4 qu3 bao1 guo3"). When picking up a package or cashing a money order, identification such as an identification card ("shen1 fen1 zheng4") or passport ("hu4 zhao4") would need to be presented. Sample conversations are provided to demonstrate asking to cash a money order, pick up a package, and what identification is required.

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Post Office 2

C: A lot of people email these days Yajie… myself included, of course, but we still need to go
to the post office for all kinds of things!
Y: Right, and that’s what we’re learning about this week on Chinese Studio. So what do you
go to the post office for?
C: Well, sometimes I need to cash a money order, or pick up a package.

Key words of the day

Money order. 汇款单. I’d like to cash this money order. 我要取汇款。 I’d like to pick up a
package. 我要取包裹。 identification card, 身份证 passport, 护照 All in today’s Chinese
studio.

C: Okay, so sometimes I get paid through a money order in the mail. And I want to cash
them!
Y: You would go to the you2 ju2, get in line, and say wo3 yao4 qu3 hui4 kuan3.
C: wo3 yao4 qu3 hui4 kuan3.
Y: wo3 yao4 means I’d like to do something,
C: wo3 yao4.
Y: qu3 means draw the money,
C: qu3, 3rd tone.
Y: hui4 kuan3 means the sum of money sent.
C: hui4 kuan3.
Y: wo3 yao4 qu3 hui4 kuan3.
C: wo3 yao4 qu3 hui4 kuan3. I’d like to cash this money order, so Yajie, what’s the Chinese
for money order?
Y: it’s hui4 kuan3 dan1.
C: hui4 kuan3 dan1. as hui4 kuan3 is the sum of the money sent,
Y: You got it. And dan1 means order.
C: dan1.
Y: hui4 kuan3 dan1
C: hui4 kuan3 dan1, money order

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Conversation1:
A: 我要取汇款。
B: 请给我看一下你的汇款单和身份证。

C: I haven’t received the package yet, but I certainly love to get one. What do I say if I am
going to pick it up?
Y: First let’s review how to say package in Chinese.
C: Great, what is it?
Y: it’s bao1 guo3.
C: bao1 guo3.
Y: bao1 and guo3 both have the meaning of wrap.
C: and package means the wrapped and boxed object sent by mail.
Y: so package in Chinese is bao1 guo3.
C: bao1 guo3.
Y: Good, and then you can say to the clerk “wo3 yao4 qu3 bao1 guo3”
C: wo3 yao4 qu3 bao1 guo3.
Y: wo3 yao4 I’d like to do something,
C: wo3 yao4,
Y: qu3 means take,
C: qu3. and package bao1 guo3.
Y: yes. Wo3 yao4 qu3 bao1 guo3.
C: Wo3 yao4 qu3 bao1 guo3. I’d like to pick up a package.

Conversation2:
A：我要取包裹。
B：请给我看一下你的包裹单和身份证。

Y: Then when you pick up a package at the post office, you need to bring some identificaton.
C: Right. Which in Chinese is…
Y: shen1 fen1 zheng4.
C: shen1 fen1 zheng4.
Y: shen1 fen1, identification,
C: shen1 fen1,
Y: zheng4 means card,
C: zheng4.
Y: shen1 fen1 zheng4.
C: shen1 fen1 zheng4. identification card. Then what shall I bring if I go to pick up my
package?
Y: I think you need to bring your passport, and in Chinese it’s hu4 zhao4.
C: hu4 zhao4.

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Conversation3:
A: 外国人取包裹要带什么证件？

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