A: | 你好,我要买一本书,能帮我找一下吗? |
| nǐhǎo, wǒ yào mǎi yī běn shū, néng bāng wǒ zhǎo yīxià ma? |
| Hi, I want to buy a book. Can you help me look for it? |
B: | 书名是什么? |
| shūmíng shì shénme? |
| What's the name of the book? |
A: | 好像是明朝什么什么,后面的我记不太清了。 |
| hǎoxiàng shì Míngcháo shénme shénme, hòumian de wǒ jì bù tài qīng le. |
| I think it's 'Ming Dynasty' something or other. I can't really remember the rest. |
B: | 不知道书名怎么找啊,我们书店这么多书。那,讲什么的你知道不? |
| bù zhīdào shūmíng zěnme zhǎo a, wǒmen shūdiàn zhème duō shū. nà, jiǎng shénme de nǐ zhīdào bù? |
| How can we search for it if you don't know the name? Our bookstore has so many books. Do you know what the book is about? |
A: | 是讲明朝的历史的。 |
| shì jiǎng Míngcháo de lìshǐ de. |
| It's about the history of the Ming Dynasty. |
B: | 那应该属于历史类的。出版社呢? |
| nà yīnggāi shǔyú lìshǐ lèi de. chūbǎnshè ne? |
| Then it's probably under history. Who's the publisher? |
A: | 这个我真的不知道。 |
| zhè ge wǒ zhēnde bù zhīdào. |
| That I really don't know. |
B: | 作者是谁? |
| zuòzhě shì shéi? |
| Who's the author? |
A: | 作者是叫什么月的,是他的网名。这原来是一本网络小说,在网上很红。 |
| zuòzhě shì jiào shénme yuè de, shì tā de wǎngmíng. zhè yuánlái shì yī běn wǎngluò xiǎoshuō, zài wǎngshàng hěn hóng. |
| The author is Yue something. It's his internet name. This book was originally an internet novel. It's really popular online. |
B: | 你看看,是不是这本? |
| nǐ kàn kan, shì bu shì zhè běn? |
| Take a look. Is it this one? |
A: | 对对对,就是这本! |
| duì duì duì, jiùshì zhè běn! |
| Yes, yes, yes! It's this one! |
B: | 在那边的书架上。 |
| zài nàbiān de shūjià shàng. |
| It's over on that bookshelf. |
A: | 哦,谢谢! |
| ò, xièxie! |
| Oh, thanks! |