Lesson 19 Dialogue 1
Grammar
University of Michigan Flint
Zhong, Yan
打算 (dǎsuàn) and 计划 (jìhuà)

While the verbs 打算 (dǎsuàn) and 计划
(jìhuà) are synonyms, the former is
more colloquial and the latter more
formal.
University of Michigan Flint
马上就要放假了，你
有什么计划？
 mǎshàng jiù yào
fàng jià le, nǐ yǒu
shénme jìhuà?
 It’ll be break soon.
What are your
plans?

我暑假打算回北京去
看父母。
 Wǒ shǔjià dǎsuàn
huí Běijīng qù kàn
fùmǔ.
 I plan to go back to
Beijing to see my
parents.

University of Michigan Flint
不得了(bù déliǎo, extremely)

The expression 不得了(bù déliǎo,
extremely), which often follows the
structure “adjective + 得 (de),” indicates
a high degree, in the speaker’s
judgment, of the attribute signified by
the adjective.
University of Michigan Flint
那个地方夏天热得不
得了。
 Nà ge dìfang xiàtiān
rè de bù déliǎo.
 Summer is
unbearably hot in
that place.

University of Michigan Flint
长城上的人多得不得
了。
 Chángchéng shàng
de rén duō de bù
déliǎo.
 There was an
incredible number of
people on the Great
Wall.

University of Michigan Flint
the verb 办 (bàn)

To apply for a certificate or official
documentation, one usually uses the
verb 办 (bàn), especially in spoken
Chinese.
University of Michigan Flint
办护照
 bàn hùzhào
 to apply for a
passport

University of Michigan Flint
办签证
 bàn qiānzhèng
 to apply for a visa

University of Michigan Flint
办学生证
 bàn xuéshēngzhèng
 to apply for a
student ID

University of Michigan Flint
办手续
 bàn shǒuxù
 to do the paperwork

University of Michigan Flint
办结婚证
 bàn jiéhūnzhèng
 to apply for a
marriage license

University of Michigan Flint
谢谢
再见
University of Michigan Flint 钟研