Intermediate - Filling in a form (C2549)

A: Jason,这里有张表你填一下。
Jason, zhèlǐ yǒu zhāng biǎo nǐ tián yīxià.
Jason. Here’s a questionnaire, can you fill it in please?
B: 是关于什么的?
shì guānyú shénme de?
What’s it about?
A: 街道要做一个公司从业人员统计。
jiēdào yào zuò yī gè gōngsī cóngyèrényuán tǒngjì.
The sub-district is conducting a survey on what different people do for a living.
B: 好的。姓名这一栏为什么有两格?
hǎo de. xìngmíng zhè yī lán wèishénme yǒu liǎng gé?
OK. Why are there two boxes in the name column?
A: 哦,这里填姓名,这里填曾用名。没有的就写“无”。
ò, zhèlǐ tián xìngmíng, zhèlǐ tián céngyòngmíng. méiyǒu de jiù xiě" wú”.
Oh! Here you put your full name and here you put any former names. If you don’t have one, then just put “none.”
B: 这个“国籍”就写英国是吗?“民族”填什么?英格兰?
zhège" guójí” jiù xiě Yīngguó shìma?" mínzú” tián shénme? Yīnggélán?
Do I just write Britain under “Nationality”? And what should I put under “Ethnicity”? English?
A: 这里就别填了。
zhèlǐ jiù bié tián le.
You don’t need to fill this bit in.
B: 身份证就填护照号码是吧。“户籍”是什么?
shēnfènzhèng jiù tián hùzhào hàomǎ shìba." hùjí” shì shénme?
I can just fill in my passport number under ID number, right? What is “household registration”?
A: 就是你的户口,这里也别填了。
jiùshì nǐde hùkǒu, zhèlǐ yě bié tián le.
It’s the household where you’re registered, you don’t need to fill it out.
B: 还有“籍贯”这一项,怎么填啊?
háiyǒu" jíguàn” zhè yī xiàng, zěnme tián ā?
What do I fill in for “registered birthplace”?
A: 嗯……
ng4……
Ehhh….
B: 这个“政治面貌”是什么?
zhège" zhèngzhìmiànmào” shì shénme?
What are “political affiliations”?
A: 算了你别填了,回头我问问清楚再说。
suànle nǐ bié tián le, huítóu wǒ wènwen qīngchǔ zàishuō.
Don’t worry about filling that bit in, I’ll ask later and let you know.

Key Vocabulary

biǎo questionnaire, form
tián to fill in
街道 jiēdào street, sub-district
从业人员 cóngyèrényuán employee
lán column
box
曾用名 céngyòngmíng former name
国籍 guójí nationality
民族 mínzú ethnic
户籍 hùjí household registration
籍贯 jíguàn registered birthplace
xiàng item
政治面貌 zhèngzhìmiànmào political affiliations
回头 huítóu later

Supplementary Vocabulary

管理 guǎnlǐ management
搭配 dāpèi to match
特色 tèsè characteristic
曾经 céngjīng previously
苗族 miáozú Miao ethnic minority
傣族 dǎizú Dai ethnic minority
满族 mǎnzú Manchu (ethnic minority)
民主党派 mínzhǔdǎngpài democratic parties
九三学社 jiǔsānxuéshè Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CPC
解释 jiěshì to explain
制度 zhìdù system
群众 qúnzhòng the masses

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