Archive for November 11th, 2008

Chinese Conversation – lesson 257

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

点冰淇淋
小薇:我之前从没见过这么多种冰淇淋。真不知从何点起。
侍者:试试看我们的漂浮沙士。一杯沙士里放香草冰淇淋。
小薇:我不喜欢沙士。但这个看起来不错。蛋卷冰淇淋浸融化的巧克力。
侍者:那是我们的招牌产品。除了那个,还有香蕉船也是。
小薇:我要提拉米苏口味的冰淇淋浸巧克力,上面洒碎花生。
侍者:威化饼甜筒还是一般甜筒?
小薇:当然是威化饼。

Ordering
Wei: I’ve never seen so many ice cream choices before. I don’t know what to order.
Waiter: Try our root beer float. Vanilla ice cream in a glass of root beer.
Wei: I don’t like root beer. But this looks good. An ice cream cone dipped in melted chocolate.
Waiter: That’s our house specialty. That and our banana splits.
Wei: I’ll have a tiramisu-flavored ice cream dip with crushed peanuts sprinkled on top.
Waiter: Waffle cone or regular?
Wei: Waffle for sure.

(Source: wwenglish.com)

Chinese Pinyin – bao (趵)

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
趵    [bào, bō]
国标码:F5C0 部首:足 笔画:10 笔顺:2512121354
leap
jump

 (Source: dict.cn)

Chinese Characters:blood:血

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

blood:

Chinese Pinyin: xie3

(Source: about.com)