Intermediate - Personal Chop (C2180)

A: 我太喜欢这条老街了,真好玩!我们刚才看的表演叫什么名字?
wǒ tài xǐhuan zhè tiáo lǎojiē le, zhēn hǎowán! wǒmen gāngcái kàn de biǎoyǎn jiào shénme míngzi?
I really like this old street. It's a lot of fun! What do you call that performance we just saw?
B: 耍猴!
shuǎhóu!
A monkey show!
A: 对对对,耍猴!那些猴子又可爱又聪明!哎,这是什么?
duì duì duì, shuǎhóu! nàxiē hóuzi yòu kě ài yòu cōngming! āi, zhè shì shénme?
Oh, right! A monkey show! Those monkeys were so cute and smart! Hey, what is this?
C: 小姐,这是印章!可以把你的名字刻在上面。
xiǎojie, zhè shì yìnzhāng! kěyǐ bǎ nǐ de míngzi kè zài shàngmian.
Miss, this is a chop. You can have your name etched into it.
A: 哦,我想起来了,我在很多书法和中国画上面看到过这个。
ò, wǒ xiǎng qǐlái le, wǒ zài hěn duō shūfǎ hé Zhōngguó huà shàngmian kàndào guo zhè gè.
Oh, I remember now. I've seen these on lots of calligraphy and Chinese paintings.
C: 是啊,它可以代替你的签名。你在纸上盖几个玩玩吧。
shì a, tā kěyǐ dàitì nǐ de qiānmíng. nǐ zài zhǐshàng gài jǐ gè wán wan ba.
Yes. It can be substituted for your signature. You can try it out a bit on a piece of paper.
A: 真好玩!师傅,这个怎么卖啊?
zhēn hǎowán! shīfu, zhè gè zěnme mài a?
This is great! Sir, how much is this?
C: 材质不一样,价钱不一样。有水晶的,石头的,橡胶的,你喜欢哪一种?
cáizhì bù yīyàng, jiàqian bù yīyàng. yǒu shuǐjīng de, shítou de, xiàngjiāo de, nǐ xǐhuan nǎ yī zhǒng?
Different materials have different prices. There are crystal ones, stone ones, rubber ones - what kind do you like?
A: 石头的。
shítou de.
Stone ones.
C: 石头的印章是三十。
shítou de yìnzhāng shì sānshí.
Stone chops are 30.
A: 好,帮我刻一个吧。可以刻楷书吗?
hǎo, bāng wǒ kè yī gè ba. kěyǐ kè kǎishū ma?
Okay, how about you carve one for me? Can you carve one in Kai script?
C: 可以。你把名字写在纸上。二十分钟能刻好。你们可以先去玩会儿。
kěyǐ. nǐ bǎ míngzi xiě zài zhǐ shàng. èrshí fēnzhōng néng kè hǎo. nǐmen kěyǐ xiān qù wán huǐr.
Sure. Write your name on a piece of paper. It'll take about 20 minutes to carve it. You can go walk around a bit.
A: 我想在这里看你刻。
wǒ xiǎng zài zhèlǐ kàn nǐ kè.
I want to stay here and watch you carve it.
C: 可以,没问题!
kěyǐ, méiwèntí!
Okay, no problem!

Key Vocabulary

老街 lǎojiē old street
表演 biǎoyǎn performance
耍猴 shuǎhóu monkey show
猴子 hóuzi monkey
又......又...... yòu ... yòu ... both... and...
印章 yìnzhāng chop, seal
to take
to carve
想起来 xiǎng qǐlái to remember, recall
书法 shūfǎ calligraphy
中国画 Zhōngguó huà Chinese painting
代替 dàitì to substitute
签名 qiānmíng to sign
gài to stamp
师傅 shīfu sir
材质 cáizhì material
价钱 jiàqian price
水晶 shuǐjīng crystal
石头 shítou stone
橡胶 xiàngjiāo rubber
楷书 kǎishū Kai calligraphy script, standard script

Supplementary Vocabulary

水彩 shuǐcǎi watercolor
传统 chuántǒng tradition
价格 jiàgé price
草书 cǎoshū Cao calligraphy script, grass script, a type of cursive script
行书 xíngshū Xing calligraphy script, running script, a type of cursive script
材料 cáiliào material
盖章 gàizhāng to stamp, affix a seal

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