Intermediate - Getting Your Hair Done (C0761)

A你好,头发想怎么弄?
nǐhǎo, tóufa xiǎng zěnme nòng?
Hello, what would you like done to your hair?
B我想换个发型。你说我烫卷发好看吗?会不会老气?
wǒ xiǎng huàn ge fàxíng. nǐ shuō wǒ tàng juǎnfà hǎokàn ma? huìbuhuì lǎoqì?
I want to change the style. Do you think if I got a perm it would look good? Or would it look old-fashioned?
A我觉得你可以烫一个大卷。很适合你的脸型,不会老气的。
wǒ juéde nǐ kěyǐ tàng yī ge dà juǎn. hěn shìhé nǐ de liǎnxíng, bùhuì lǎoqì de.
I think you can get some loose curls. It would really suit your shape of face, it won't look old-fashioned.
B你觉得我烫直发怎么样?
nǐ juéde wǒ tàng zhífà zěnmeyàng?
How about perming it straight, what do you think?
A你直发看起来没精神。其实你可以做一点挑染,特别好看。
nǐ zhífà kànqǐlái méi jīngshen. qíshí nǐ kěyǐ zuòyīdiǎn tiāorǎn, tèbié hǎokàn.
If you had straight hair you'd look too dull. Actually, you could get some highlights done, it would look really nice.
B又烫又染,很伤头发吧?
yòu tàng yòu rǎn, hěn shāng tóufa ba?
Getting both a perm and highlights--would it damage my hair too much?
A做个护理就好了。
zuò ge hùlǐ jiù hǎo le.
We can do a conditioning treatment and it will be fine.
B我以前做过,好像没什么用。
wǒ yǐqián zuòguò, hǎoxiàng méishénme yòng.
I have done that before, it didn't seem to help.
A怎么会?肯定是他们用的产品有问题。
zénme huì? kěndìng shì tāmen yòng de chǎnpǐn yǒu wèntí.
How could that be? It must have been a problem with the product they used.
B我上次就是在你们这里做的。
wǒ shàngcì jiùshì zài nǐmen zhèli zuò de.
I got it done here at your shop last time.
A那这次给你换好一点的。而且烫完以后头发很干,一定要做护理。
nà zhècì gěi nǐ huàn hǎo yīdiǎn de. érqiě tàngwán yǐhòu tóufa hěn gān, yīdìng yào zuò hùlǐ.
Well, then this time we'll use a better one. Plus after you perm your hair it will be very dry, you must do a conditioning treatment.
B你当然这样说咯。
nǐ dāngrán zhèyàng shuō lo.
Of course you would say that.
A小姐,我是为了你的头发好。如果你不想做,也没关系。
xiǎojie, wǒ shì wèile nǐ de tóufa hǎo. rúguǒ nǐ bù xiǎng zuò, yě méiguānxi.
Miss, I am saying it because it's good for your hair. If you don't want to do it, it's fine too.
B好吧。烫、挑染、护理我都做,你给我多打点折吧。
hǎoba. tàng, tiāorǎn, hùlǐ wǒ dōu zuò, nǐ gěi wǒ duō dǎ diǎn zhé ba.
All right. If I get a perm, highlights and conditioning treatment, give me a bit more of a discount.
A没问题。你先洗头吧。
méiwèntí. nǐ xiān xǐ tóu ba.
No problem. Let's first get your hair washed.

Key Vocabulary

nòngto do
发型fàxínghairstyle
tàngto perm
卷发juǎnfàcurly hair
老气lǎoqìto make one appear older
适合shìhéto suit
脸型liǎnxíngshape of face
直发zhífàstraight hair
精神jīngshenvigor
挑染tiāorǎnto highlight hair
rǎnto dye
shāngto harm
护理hùlǐprotective conditioner
产品chǎnpǐnproduct
gāndry
为了wèilebecause of, for

Supplementary Vocabulary

理发店lǐfàdiànhair salon
理发师lǐfàshīhairdresser
刘海liúhǎibangs
时髦shímáofashionable
洗发水xǐfàshuǐshampoo
染发剂rǎnfàjìhair dye