Intermediate - Sneezing (C0934)

A: 阿嚏！
ātı̀!
Ah-choo!

B: 有人想你了吧？
yǒu rén xiǎng nı̌ le ba?
Does someone miss you?

A: 什么意思？
shénme yı̀si?
What do you mean?

B: 打一声喷嚏代表有人想你啊！
dǎ yı̄ shēng pēntı̀ dàibiǎo yǒu rén xiǎng nı̌ a!
When you sneeze one time it means that someone is think-
ing of you!

A: 阿嚏！阿嚏！
ātı̀! ātı̀!
Ah-choo! Ah-choo!

B: 嗯，那么多喷嚏。应该是有人在背后骂你。
ng, nàme duō pēntı̀. yı̄nggāi shı̀ yǒu rén zài bèihòu mà nı̌.

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 Ah, so many sneezes. This means that someone is talking
behind your back.

A: 才不会呢！我人缘超好。阿嚏！
cái bù huı̀ ne! wǒ rényuán chāo hǎo. ātı̀!
No way! I get along really well with people. Ah-choo!

B: 也可能是你家要来客人了。
yě kěnéng shı̀ nı̌ jiā yào lái kèrén le.
Perhaps it means that you will be having a house guest.

A: 你真迷信。阿嚏，阿嚏，阿嚏！
nı̌ zhēn mı́xı̀n. ātı̀, ātı̀, ātı̀!
You are really superstitious. Ah-choo, ah-choo, ah-choo!

B: 啊，你打得这么厉害，肯定是感冒了！离我远点
儿，别传染给我。
ǎ, nı̌ dǎ de zhème lı̀hai, kěndı̀ng shı̀ gǎnmào le! lı́ wǒ yuǎn
diǎnr, bié chuánrǎn gěi wǒ.
Oh, you’re sneezing like crazy! You must have the flu! Stand
back a bit, I don’t want to catch it.

A: 别怕，我是......阿嚏！......花粉过敏。
bié pà, wǒ shı̀...... ātı̀! ...... huāfěn guòmı̌n.
Don’t worry, I’m... ah-choo... allergic to pollen.

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Key Vocabulary

阿嚏 ātı̀ ah-choo

打喷嚏 dǎ pēntı̀ to sneeze

喷嚏 pēntı̀ sneeze

背后 bèihòu behind

骂 mà to scold

人缘 rényuán relations with other

people

迷信 mı́xı̀n superstitious

厉害 lı̀hai severe

肯定 kěndı̀ng definitely

感冒 gǎnmào to catch a cold

传染 chuánrǎn to infect

花粉 huāfěn pollen

过敏 guòmı̌n allergy

Supplementary Vocabulary

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 鼻涕 bı́tı̀ nasal mucus

流鼻涕 liú bı́tı̀ to have a runny nose

咳嗽 késou to cough

纸巾 zhı̌jı̄n tissue

病毒 bı̀ngdú virus

传染病 chuánrǎnbı̀ng contagious disease

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