Chinese For Dummies (129 page)

 Fun & Games

Fill in the blanks, using the following words:
tuìfáng
退房
,
zhàngdān
账单
(
賬單
),
fángjiān
房间
(
房間
),
kèmǎn
客满
(
客滿
)
,
and
qǐchuáng
起床
. You can find the answer key in
Appendix D
.

1.
Nǐmen de ________ yǒu méiyǒu wǎngluò liánjié?
你们的
________
有没有网络连接
? (
你們的
________
有沒有網絡連接
?)

Do your rooms have Internet access?

2.
Duìbùqǐ, wǒmen ________ le.
对不起
,
我们
________
了
. (
對不起
,
我們
________
了
.)

I'm sorry, we have no vacancies.

3.
Qǐng nǐ jiào wǒ ________.
请你叫我
________. (
請你叫我
________.)

Please give me a wake-up call.

4.
Zhè búshì wǒde _________.
这不是我的
________. (
這不是我的
________.)

This isn't my bill.

5.
Wǒ jīntiān yào ________.
我今天要
________.

I'd like to check out today.

Chapter 19

Handling Emergencies

In This Chapter

Yelling for help

Visiting your doctor

Going to the authorities

Looking for legal advice

Y
ou can easily plan the fun and exciting things you want to experience while you travel or go out with friends, but you can't predict needing to call the police to report a theft or rushing to an emergency room with
lánmò yán
阑尾炎
(
闌尾炎
)
(lahn-maw yeahn) (
appendicitis
) on your trip to the Great Wall. Such things can and do happen, and this chapter gives you the language tools you need to communicate your problems during your times of need.

Calling for Help in Times of Need

When you're faced with an emergency, the last way you want to spend your time is searching for an oversized Chinese-English dictionary to figure out how to quickly call for help. Try memorizing these phrases before a situation arises:

Jiào jǐngchá!
叫警察
(jyaow jeeng-chah!) (
Call the police!
)

Jiào jiùhùchē!
叫救护车
! (
叫救護車
! (jyaow jyo-hoo-chuh!) (
Call an ­ambulance!
)

Jiù mìng!
救命
! (jyo meeng!) (
Help!/Save me!
)

Zháohuǒ lā!
着火啦
! (jaow-hwaw lah!) (
Fire!
)

Zhuā zéi!
抓贼
(
抓賊
!) (jwah dzay!) (
Stop, thief!
)

Be careful when you say the words
jiào
叫
(jyaow) (
to call
) and
jiù
救
(jyo) (
to save
) in the preceding phrases. You don't want to mistakenly ask someone to save the police when you want him to call the police.

Sometimes you have to ask for someone who speaks English. Here are some phrases you can quickly blurt out during emergencies:

Nǐ shuō Yīngwén ma?
你说英文吗
? (
你說英文嗎
?) (nee shwaw eeng-one mah?) (
Do you speak English?
)

Wǒ xūyào yíge jiǎng Yīngwén de lǜshī.
我需要一个讲英文的律师
. (
我需要一個講英文的律師
.) (waw shyew-yaow ee-guh jyahng eeng-one duh lyew-shir.) (
I need a lawyer who speaks English.
)