The verb "yuding" means to reserve, to book. "Danren jian" means single room. Well, double room is "shuangren jian" or "biaozhun jian" which literally means standard room. The sentence is how people to say to make a room reservation. Now how do we say, "I'd like to book a flight ticket for tomorrow?" "Wo yao yuding yi zhang mingtian de jipiao." "Chushi" is a verb meaning to show. That is used in formal language. For example, when you drive too fast, before you get a ticket from a policeman, you will hear "Qing chushi nin de jiazhao" which literally means "Please show me your driver license." I hope it will never happen to you. "Cha" means to check. For example, "cha zidian" to check dictionary. To look up a word in the dictionary. "Queren" means to make sure, to confirm. We often use "gen" someone, "queren" something to say, to confirm something with someone. "Wuyan" means smokeless. The staff asked [inaudible] to show her passport and confirm the booking information. "Ruguo, yaoshi" "dehua, jiu" means "if, then", indicating the result of a hypothetical condition. In speaking, "Ruguo/yaoshi" and "dehua, jiu" may be used in a clause either separately or in combination. For example, "Yaoshi you yi zhang jiatong ka dehua, jiu fangbian duo le." or "You wenti dehua, jiu gei wo da dianhua." "Qian" is the verb meaning "to sign". The word "qianzi" means "to sign one's name". "Fangka" means room card. By now, we've learned three words borrowed from English or other language. "Bashi", bus. "Ka", card and WiFi. Some of them are simply phonetically translated while others like "fangka" are combinations of a Chinese word and an English word. Still, others keep their original spelling like WiFi. "Lou" has two meanings, building or floor. When there's just a number before it such like in "san lou", it means floor; the third floor. When there is a number and "hao" before it like in "san hao lou" it means building. Building number 3. "Na" is usually used at the beginning of a sentence in spoken Chinese, meaning well, so, then. It indicates that the speaker wants to continue the topic based on the previous dialogue. "Zaocan" means breakfast. It is more formal than [inaudible]. "Didian" means location, site. "Xicanting" is a noun, meaning western restaurant or western style restaurant. "Zhiyao, jiu" means as long as, linking a complex sentence in which there is a condition-result relationship between the two clauses. The first clause indicates a condition and the second one indicates what results from that condition. "Zhiyao shuo fanghao jiu keyi yongcan le." As long as you tell them your room number, you will be served. "Qita" is a pronoun meaning other, else. "Qita xuyao", other needs. "Nin haiyou qita xuyao ma?" Do you need anything else? "Zhanghao" means account number. For example, "yinhang zhanghao", bank account number. "Mima" means code, password. The staff is saying, "Once you are in the room, you will see the account number and the password on the table.". "Dianti", elevator, lift. To say by elevator, we use the same verb as in by bus. "Cheng dianti" or "zuo diente". To reply to "Xiexie", usually we say "Bu keqi." In places like hotel or a restaurant, you may hear, "Hen gaoxing wei nin fuwu." which means, "We are pleased to serve you.". So please watch the video again and review what we've learned today.
