Parking the Car

About

In this podcast we'll teach you a respectful form of address you can use to refer cab drivers, serving staff

and martial arts instructors. We'll also teach you left from right, and share some tips on how to make

the best use of your newest language partner (the cab driver). And as icing on the cake, Brendan and

Anthony share some of their taxi stories from the wilds of Zhengzhou and Harbin, known collectively in

these parts as "the interior".

Sentences

师傅....

shīfu . . . .

Mister....

往左打,往左打,倒,倒,好。

wǎng zuǒ dǎ , wǎng zuǒ dǎ , dào , dào , hǎo 。

Turn left, turn left, now back up, back up... good.

好,倒倒倒,好。

hǎo , dào dào dào , hǎo 。

Ok, back up, back up, back up, good.

啊!我的脚!

a ! wǒ de jiǎo !

Ouch! My foot!

Vocabulary

师傅

shīfu

master

noun

往

wǎng

towards preposition 左 zuǒ left

noun

右

yòu

right

noun

打

dǎ

to drive

verb

倒

dào

to back up

verb

好

hǎo

good

adjective

我的

wǒ de

my

phrase

脚

jiǎo

foot

noun