What sign are you?

About

Ever wonder what a Chinese chicken sounds like, or what to do when someone tells you they are one? In

today's lesson Brendan, David and Echo take to the studio and talk about Chinese horoscopes. You may

not believe in the Chinese zodiac, but you'll need to know how it works if you're ever going to navigate

the animal barnyard that is the dating scene in China. If only because when you meet someone special

here you can be sure they're going to be thinking about it.

This podcast is part language lesson and part simple proof of an impressive disconnect between urban

China and the natural world. If you don't know your own sign, we've posted more information on the

Chinese zodiac in the comments section below. Feel free to write us at echo@popupchinese.com with

any questions about your own star sign. We admit to being suckers for romantic gossip.

Sentences

你属什么?

nǐ shǔ shénme ?

What sign are you?

我属鸡。

wǒ shǔ jī 。

I'm a chicken.

你属鸡?哈⋯⋯咕咕咕咕⋯⋯

nǐ shǔ jī ? hā ⋯⋯ gū gū gū gū ⋯⋯

You're a chicken. Ha! Cluck, cluck, cluck....

嘿!嘿!别笑了!

hēi ! hēi ! bié xiào le !

Hey! Hey! Don't laugh!

Vocabulary

你

nǐ

you

pronoun

我

wǒ

I

pronoun

属

shǔ

to belong to

verb

什么

shénme

what

question

鸡

jī

chicken

noun

别笑了

bié xiào le

stop laughing

phrase