Intermediate - Night Cat (C0734)

A哈。(打哈欠声)
hā. (dǎ hāqiàn shēng)
Yaaawn.
B你怎么老打哈欠,起得太早?
nǐ zěnme lǎo dǎ hāqiàn, qǐ de tài zǎo?
Why do you keep yawning? Did you get up early?
A不是,睡得太晚。四点才睡。
bù shì, shuì de tài wǎn. sì diǎn cái shuì.
Nah, I went to bed super late, 4am.
B你这个夜猫子,又玩通宵。去酒吧泡妞了吧?
nǐ zhège yèmāozi, yòu wán tōngxiāo. qù jiǔbā pàoniū le ba?
You are quite the night owl, partying through the night. Did you go to the bars cruising for girls?
A呵呵,是啊。和一帮哥们儿一起去的。
hēhē, shì a. hé yī bāng gēmenr yīqǐ qù de.
Hee-hee, yeah. Together with a group of buddies.
B哟,挺有意思的。
yō, tǐng yǒu yìsi de.
Oh, sounds quite interesting.
A是挺有意思的。就是花了很多钱。有点儿心疼我的钱包。
shì tǐng yǒu yìsi de. jiùshì huā le hěn duō qián. yǒudiǎnr xīnténg wǒ de qiánbāo.
Yes it was, except I spent a ton of money. I gave my wallet a hurting.
B有最低消费吗?
yǒu zuìdī xiāofèi ma?
Was there any minimum charge?
A没有最低消费。大家都很开心,又有美女不停地劝酒,所以喝了很多。
méiyǒu zuìdī xiāofèi. dàjiā dōu hěn kāixīn, yòu yǒu měinǚ bùtíng de quànjiǔ, suǒyǐ hēle hěn duō.
No minimum charge. Everybody had a blast. The girls kept urging me to drink, so I drank way too much.
B看你这么没精神,一定又喝醉了。
kàn nǐ zhème méi jīngshen, yīdìng yòu hēzuì le.
You for sure got wasted again. You probably are still drunk.
A一下子就喝多了。
yīxiàzi jiù hēduō le.
Before I knew it I was drunk.
B你怎么回家的?他们送你的?
nǐ zěnme huíjiā de? tāmen sòng nǐ de?
How did you get home? Did they bring you?
A没有,大家都喝醉了。我自己打车的。在车上睡着了,司机好不容易才把我叫醒。哎哟,我的头真疼!
méiyǒu, dàjiā dōu hēzuì le. wǒ zìjǐ dǎchē de. zài chēshàng shuìzháo le, sījī hǎoburóngyì cái bǎ wǒ jiàoxǐng. āiyō, wǒ de tóu zhēn téng!
Nope. They were all hammered too. I got a cab myself. I fell asleep, and the driver somehow woke me up. Holy cow my head hurts.
B你呀,从来不懂得控制自己。
nǐ yā, cóngláibù dǒngde kòngzhì zìjǐ.
Man, you have no concept of self-control.

Key Vocabulary

打哈欠dǎ hāqiànto yawn
夜猫子yèmāozinight owl
通宵tōngxiāoall night long
泡妞pàoniūto womanize
哥们儿gēmenrbuddies
心疼xīnténgto hurt
最低zuìdīminimum
消费xiāofèicharge
不停bùtíngnonstop
劝酒quànjiǔto urge to drink
一下子yīxiàziall at once
好不容易hǎoburóngyìvery difficult
懂得dǒngdeto understand
控制kòngzhìto control

Supplementary Vocabulary

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl
泡吧pàobāto hang out at bars
夜生活yèshēnghuónight life
打瞌睡dǎ kēshuìto doze off
打喷嚏dǎ pēntìto sneeze
打嗝dǎgéto burp