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Chinese Email and Internet Vocabulary

The document discusses communication technologies like email and the internet. It provides Chinese translations for key terms: 1) "Dianzi youjian" is the translation for "email". 2) "Pingxin" refers to "snail mail". 3) "Wangshang chonglang" means "surfing the net" or going online. 4) A "wangye" is a "webpage" while a "wangzhan" is a "website". Short conversations demonstrate asking for and sharing email addresses in Chinese. The document encourages learning more Chinese terms for modern communication methods.

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Chinese Email and Internet Vocabulary

The document discusses communication technologies like email and the internet. It provides Chinese translations for key terms: 1) "Dianzi youjian" is the translation for "email". 2) "Pingxin" refers to "snail mail". 3) "Wangshang chonglang" means "surfing the net" or going online. 4) A "wangye" is a "webpage" while a "wangzhan" is a "website". Short conversations demonstrate asking for and sharing email addresses in Chinese. The document encourages learning more Chinese terms for modern communication methods.

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Internet II

Y: Dajia hao, perfect your Chinese every day, right here in the Chinese Studio. Wo shi Y.
B: And, wo shi B, ni hao Y. The Internet is becoming more and more important in our daily
lives, and right here too in the Chinese Studio. Let’s learn more about it.
Y: Here we go.

Key words of the day


Email电子邮件 Snail mail 平信 What’s your email address? 你的邮箱地址是什么?
Surfing the Net 网上冲浪Webpage 网页Website 网站 All in today’s Chinese Studio.

B: The World Wide Web bridges any distance, I love catching up with friends and family with
email. It’s so quick and easy.
Y: here is a very cute name for email---yi1 mei4 er3.
B: yi1 mei4 er3.
Y: However, it may sound a little bit girly…. You can say: dian4 zi3 you2 jian4.
B: dian4 zi3 you2 jian4.
Y: dian4 zi3 means electric,
B: dian4 zi3,
Y: you2 jian4 means mail,
B: you2 jian4.
Y: dian4 zi3 you2 jian4
B: dian4 zi3 you2 jian4 E-mail,
Y: And I’m expecting we’ll get heaps of 电子邮件 this week here in the Chinese Studio.
B: And what do we call the old fashion mail, the snail mail?
Y: we call it: ping2 xin4.
B: ping2 xin4
Y: ping2 means ordinary,
B: ping2,
Y: xin4 means letter,
B: xin4,
Y: ping2 xin4
B: ping2 xin4, the snail mail

Conversation 1
A: 现在人们都用电子邮件。
B: 是啊，平信很少见了。

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B: Hey Y, I’ve forgotten what’s your email address.
Y: Ask like this … ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me?
B: ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me?
Y: ni3 de means your,
B: ni3de,
Y: you2 xiang1 means e-mail box,
B: you2 xiang1,
Y: di4 zhe3 means address,
B: di4 zhe3
Y: shi4 shen2, is what,
B: shi4 shen2 me ,
Y: ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me?
B: ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me? What’s your email address?

Conversation 2
A: 你的邮箱地址是什么?
B: Chinese@[Link].

B: Done today’s emails, let’s go surfing.


Y: Hao zhuyi, good idea, surfing the Net is: wang3 shang4 chong1 lang4.
B: wang3 shang4 chong1 lang4.
Y: wang3 shang4 means the Internet,
B: wang3 shang4
Y: chong1 lang4. means surfing,
B: chong1 lang4.
Y: So it’s a literal translation: wang3 shang4 chong1 lang4.
B: wang3 shang4 chong1 lang4.

Conversation3
A: 你在干什么呢？
B: 网上冲浪。

B: Wow, I’ve typed in the keywords Chinese Studio, and look at all these links, so many
webpages. Wow, I can hardly believe it.
Y: No excuses for missing the show is there, everyone can find the Chinese Studio on the net,
on these, wang3 ye4, webpages. As wang3 means web, and ye4 means page,
B: wang3 ye4, webpages. What about website, what do we call that?
Y: you can say: wang3 zhan4,
B: wang3 zhan4,
Y: zhan4 means site,
B: zhan4, and wang3 means web,

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Y: yes, wang3 zhan4,
B: wang3 zhan4, website.

Conversation 4
A: 怎么找到这个网页？
B: 我给你一个网址。
A: 谢谢。

B: It’s my sister’s birthday today Y, time to send her an e-card.


Y: She’ll enjoy getting that I’m sure. And B and I will enjoy getting lots of email answers to
our question of the day.
B: Dui, remind us how to say, “What’s your email address?”
Y: And send your email answer to Chinese@[Link] jian.
B: Zai jian.

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