Intermediate - Mending Clothing (C1679)

A: 王师傅,我这里有一些衣服,能帮我修一下吗?
Wáng shīfu, wǒ zhèlǐ yǒu yīxiē yīfu, néng bāng wǒ xiū yīxià ma?
Mr. Wang, I have some clothes here. Could you fix some things for me?
B: 哪里?我看看。
nǎli? wǒ kàn kan.
Where? Let me have a look.
A: 这件衣服掉了两个扣子。你有一样的扣子吗?帮我钉一下。
zhè jiàn yīfu diào le liǎng ge kòuzi. nǐ yǒu yīyàng de kòuzi ma? bāng wǒ dìng yīxià.
This one lost two buttons. Do you have the same buttons? Sew some on for me.
B: 完全一样的很难找,差不多的行吗?
wánquán yīyàng de hěn nán zhǎo, chàbuduō de xíng ma?
It's hard to find ones that are exactly the same. Is it all right if they're not quite identical?
A: 也行。还有,这条裤子的拉链坏了,帮我换条新的拉链。
yě xíng. háiyǒu, zhè tiáo kùzi de lāliàn huài le, bāng wǒ huàn tiáo xīn de lāliàn.
That's fine. Also, I have a pair of pants with a broken zipper. Replace the zipper with a new one for me.
B: 好的,没问题。
hǎo de, méiwèntí.
OK. No problem.
A: 还有,这件衬衣的袖子破了。
háiyǒu, zhè jiàn chènyī de xiùzi pò le.
Also, the sleeve is ripped on this shirt.
B: 我看看,哎哟,这么大一个洞。
wǒ kàn kan, āiyōu, zhème dà yī ge dòng.
Let me have a look. Whoa! Such a big hole.
A: 能补吗?
néng bǔ ma?
Can you patch it?
B: 补倒是可以补,不过补好以后不太好看。
bǔ dàoshì kěyǐ bǔ, bùguò bǔ hǎo yǐhòu bùtài hǎokàn.
I can, but it won't look very good after it's finished.
A: 那算了,不补了。我还有条裤子,太长了,帮我改短一点吧。
nà suànle, bù bǔ le. wǒ háiyǒu tiáo kùzi, tài cháng le, bāng wǒ gǎi duǎn yīdiǎn ba.
Then just forget it. Don't patch it. I also have a pair of pants that is too long. Shorten those for me.
B: 好的。我先帮你量一下尺寸。
hǎo de. wǒ xiān bāng nǐ liáng yīxià chǐcùn.
OK. I'll take your measurements first.

Key Vocabulary

xiū to mend, to repair
jiàn [measure word for pieces of clothing]
diào to fall off
扣子 kòuzi button
dìng to sew on
完全 wánquán completely
难找 nán zhǎo to be difficult to find
tiáo [measure word for pants]
拉链 lāliàn zipper
huàn to exchange
衬衣 chènyī shirt
袖子 xiùzi sleeve
破了 pò le to rip, to break
dòng hole
to patch
倒是 dàoshì actually, on the contrary
gǎi to change
duǎn short
liáng to measure
尺寸 chǐcùn measurements

Supplementary Vocabulary

出现 chūxiàn to appear, to arise
具体 jùtǐ exact, specific
解决 jiějué to solve
补丁 bǔdīng patch
黑洞 hēidòng black hole
裁缝 cáiféng tailor

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