In this podcast, another from our Mandarin archives, Chinese host and Mandarin teacher, Will Xu, talks about Shanghai Nightlife in Chinese. Co-host and long time student of Mandarin, Lindi, follows along and helps to guide other learners down the path to understanding and speaking Chinese.

Vocabulary:

怎么样? Zěnme yàng? How is...?

夜生活 Yèshēnghuó Night life

酒吧 Jiǔbā Bar

迪吧 Dí ba Night club

卡拉OK厅 Kǎlā OK tīng Karaoke place/room

Dialogue:

A：上海的夜生活怎么样？

Shànghǎi de yè shēnghuó zěnme yàng?

How is the nightlife in Shanghai?

B：挺丰富的。有很多酒吧，迪吧，和卡拉OK厅。

Tǐng fēngfù de. Yǒu hěnduō jiǔbā, dí ba, hé kǎlā OK tīng.

Quite rich. There are a lot of bars, dance clubs, and Karaoke joints.

A：你常去这些地方吗？

Nǐ cháng qù zhèxiē dìfāng ma?

Do you often go to these places？

B：不常去。有时，会去唱卡拉OK。

Bù cháng qù. Yǒushí, huì qù chàng kǎlā OK。

Not often. Sometimes I go sing karaoke.

Supplementary Vocab/Phrases:

这家饭馆怎么样？Zhè jiā fànguǎn zěnme yàng? How is this restaurant?

餐馆 Cānguǎn restaurant

考试考得怎么样？Kǎoshì kǎo dé zěnme yàng? How was the exam?

最近（你）怎么样？Zuìjìn (nǐ) zěnme yàng? How've you been lately?

Lindi 怎么样？Zěnme yàng? How is Lindi? (As a person)

挺 Tǐng Quite (good)

比较 Bǐjiào Rather (good)

网吧 Wǎngbā Internet cafe

这些 Zhèxiē These

那些 Nàxiē Those

夜总会 Yèzǒnghuì Night Club (Night Club where shady things happen)