CLO_114: Can I take your order?
Dialogue: Numbers
A: Zhe4 shi4 cai4dan1 he2 kai1shui3. Ni3men xian1 kan4 yi1xia4, he1 bei1 shui3. Deng3 yi1xia4 wo3 zai4 hui2lai2 bang1 ni3men dian3 can1.
B: Hao3. Xie4xie ni3.
Ji3 fen1 zhong1 hou4.
A: Qing3wen4, ke3yi3 bang1 ni3men dian3 can1 le ma?
B: Wo3men yao4 liang3 fen1 jiao3zi hai2you3 liang3 wan3 suan1 la4 tang1.
A: Zhe4 yang4 jiu4 hao3 le ma?
B: Dui4.
Dialogue: Tones
A: Zhè shì càidān hé kāishuǐ. Nǐmen xiān kàn yīxià, hē bēi shuǐ. Děng yīxià wǒ zài huílái bāng nǐmen diǎn cān.
B: Hǎo. Xièxie nǐ.
Jǐ fēn zhōng hòu.
A: Qǐngwèn, kěyǐ bāng nǐmen diǎn cān le ma?
B: Wǒmen yào liǎng fēn jiǎozi háiyǒu liǎng wǎn suān là tāng.
A: Zhè yàng jiù hǎo le ma?
B: Duì.
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December 7th, 2007 at 12:32 am
wo3 men yao4 liang3 fen jiao3 zi hai2 yao3 liang3 wan3 suan la4 tang.
Can I speak like this
wo3 men yao3 liang3 wan3 jiao3 zi he2 liang3 wan3 suan la4 tang .
I understand that liang3 fen is 2 bowl the same is liang3 wan3 is 2 bowl
he2 = and can instead hai2 you3
fen I heard is fen4
fen zhong , fen jiao3 is the same writing in ‘fen’
December 7th, 2007 at 1:13 am
几 分 钟 后
两 分 饺 子 Ｉｎ ｔｈｅｓｅ ２ ｓｅｎｔｅｎｃｅｓ ，ｆｅｎ ｉｓ ｎｏｔ ｔｈｅ ｓａｍｅ ｍｅａｎｉｎｇ． Ｉ ｄｏｎ＇ｔ ｓｕｒｅ ｍｙ ｗｒｉｔｉｎｇ．
饺 子 Ｗｈａｔ ｉｓ ｔｈｉｓ ｆｏｏｄ？ Ｍａｎｙ ｔｈａｎｋｓ ｆｏｒ ｙｏｕｒ ａｎｓｗｅｒ
December 7th, 2007 at 1:24 am
Hello Orapin,
The fen4 is written as 份 and is the measure word for 饺子 (dumplings). It is different from fen1 which is 分 and measures minutes. It would be wrong to say “liang3 wan3 jiao4zi” since you need to use the “fen4″ measure word with dumplings.
Hope that helps!