Intermediate - Introducing Oneself to the Neighbors (C1623)

A: 不好意思,打扰了,我们就住在隔壁。
bùhǎoyìsi, dǎrǎo le, wǒmen jiù zhùzài gébì.
Sorry to interrupt. We live right next door.
B: 哦,你们是今天搬来的?
ò, nǐmen shì jīntiān bān lái de?
Oh, you guys moved in today?
A: 嗯。今天搬来的。我姓张。这是我太太。
ng4. jīntiān bān lái de. wǒ xìng Zhāng. zhè shì wǒ tàitai.
Yeah, today. My name's Zhang. This is my wife.
B: 你们好!我姓刘。
nǐmen hǎo! wǒ xìng Liú.
Hi! My name's Liu.
C: 这是我自己做的蛋糕,请你尝尝。
zhè shì wǒ zìjǐ zuò de dàngāo, qǐng nǐ cháng chang.
This is a cake I made. Here, take it.
B: 谢谢谢谢!进来坐坐吧。
xièxie xièxie! jìnlai zuò zuo ba.
Thank you, thank you! Come in and sit down.
A: 不用了,谢谢。我们刚刚搬来,请多多关照。
bùyòng le, xièxie. wǒmen gānggāng bān lái, qǐng duōduō guānzhào.
That's OK. Thanks. We just moved in, please look out for us.
B: 我们以后就是邻居了,互相关照吧!
wǒmen yǐhòu jiùshì línjū le, hùxiāng guānzhào ba!
We're neighbors now - we can look out for each other!
A: 好,好,互相关照。那我们先回去了。
hǎo, hǎo, hùxiāng guānzhào. nà wǒmen xiān huíqù le.
OK, OK. We'll both look out for each other. All right, we're going to get going now.
B: 好的。有空来我家坐坐。
hǎo de. yǒukòng lái wǒ jiā zuò zuo.
OK. When you have some time come on over.
A: 好,也欢迎你来我家。
hǎo, yě huānyíng nǐ lái wǒ jiā.
OK. You're welcome at my place as well.

Key Vocabulary

打扰 dǎrǎo to disturb, to interrupt
jiù just
隔壁 gébì next door
bān to move house
蛋糕 dàngāo cake
cháng to taste
刚刚 gānggāng just recently
多多 duōduō a great deal
关照 guānzhào to look out for
以后 yǐhòu in the future
邻居 línjū neighbor
互相 hùxiāng mutual
有空 yǒukòng to have free time
欢迎 huānyíng welcome

Supplementary Vocabulary

毕业 bìyè to graduate
客气 kèqi to be polite
打招呼 dǎ zhāohu to say hello
随便 suíbiàn casual, as one wishes
墙壁 qiángbì wall
主动 zhǔdòng initiative

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