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Eight short lines with word-level pinyin and meanings. A café exchange for recovering everyday Mandarin, with no recorded audio generated.
1
jiǎ： nǐ hǎo！ wǒ xiǎng hē chá。
A: Hello! I'd like to drink tea.
[1] Reading sources2
yǐ： nǐ hǎo！ yī bēi chá？
B: Hello! A cup of tea?
3
jiǎ： hǎo， yī bēi chá。 nǐ men yě yǒu shuǐ ma？
A: Okay, a cup of tea. Do you also have water?
4
yǐ： yǒu。 shuǐ zài zhè lǐ。
B: Yes. The water is here.
5
jiǎ： xiè xie。 zhè bēi chá duō shǎo qián？
A: Thank you. How much is this cup of tea?
6
yǐ： shí kuài。
B: Ten yuan.
7
jiǎ： qǐng shuō màn yī diǎn r。 wǒ dǒng yī diǎn r zhōng wén。
A: Please speak a little more slowly. I understand a little Chinese.
8
yǐ： hǎo， shí kuài。 jiǎ： xiè xie！
B: Okay, ten yuan. A: Thank you!
