Intermediate - Carpooling (C1955)

A: 我想周末拼车去杭州玩儿。
wǒ xiǎng zhōumò pīnchē qù Hángzhōu wánr.
I want to carpool to Hangzhou this weekend.
B: 拼车?怎么拼?
pīnchē? zěnme pīn?
Carpool? How do you do that?
A: 就是只开一辆车。几个人一起出油费,过路费,停车费什么的。
jiùshì zhǐ kāi yī liàng chē. jǐ ge rén yīqǐ chū yóufèi, guòlùfèi, tíngchēfèi shénme de.
You just only drive one car. A few people pay for gas, the tolls, the parking fees and so on together.
B: 哎,这主意不错。那我也去。
āi, zhè zhǔyi bùcuò. nà wǒ yě qù.
Oh, that's a great idea. I'll go, too.
A: 你,我,我朋友,三个。那再找两个人吧。
nǐ, wǒ, wǒ péngyou, sān ge. nà zài zhǎo liǎng ge rén ba.
You, me, my friend; that's three. Let's find another two people.
B: 五个人坐得下吗?
wǔ ge rén zuòdexià ma?
You can fit five people?
A: 女孩子的话,肯定坐得下。
nǚháizi dehuà, kěndìng zuòdexià.
If they're girls, they can definitely fit.
B: 好,我问问同事。开谁的车呢?
hǎo, wǒ wèn wen tóngshì. kāi shéi de chē ne?
OK, I'll ask my coworkers. Whose car should we take?
A: 开你的吧。你的车好。
kāi nǐ de ba. nǐ de chē hǎo.
Let's take yours. Your car is nice.
B: 行,就这么定了。
xíng, jiù zhème dìng le.
OK, it's settled.

Key Vocabulary

拼车 pīnchē to carpool
pīn to piece together
liàng [measure word]
chū to put out
油费 yóufèi gas fare
过路费 guòlùfèi toll
停车费 tíngchēfèi parking fee
fèi to spend
什么的 shénme de and so on
主意 zhǔyi idea
坐得下 zuòdexià to have seats for, to sit
的话 dehuà if
肯定 kěndìng certainly
同事 tóngshì coworker
dìng to set
jiù just

Supplementary Vocabulary

拼音 pīnyīn Pinyin
拼图 pīntú puzzle
拼桌 pīnzhuō shared table
付钱 fùqián to pay money
出钱 chūqián to pay out
汽油 qìyóu gasoline
空间 kōngjiān space
坐不下 zuòbuxià to not have seats for

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