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Changing Subway Lines

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ID: 1929 Elementary
In recent years, both Shanghai and Beijing have been zealously extending their subway lines, making transport by subway a convenient, realistic options for most city dwellers. The only caveat is that you need to know where to change subway lines, and you need to learn how to talk about it in Mandarin Chinese!
Wed May 09 2012 | Dilu, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
请问 qǐngwèn ‘may I ask’
从 cóng from
到 dào to
新天地 Xīntiāndì Xintiandi
你好，请问从新天地到浦东机场怎么走？
nǐhǎo ，qǐngwèn cóng Xīntiāndì dào Pǔdōng jīchǎng zěnme zǒu ？
Hello. May I ask how I get from Xintiandi to the Pudong airport?
可以坐地铁，很方便。
kěyǐ zuò dìtiě ，hěn fāngbiàn 。
You can take the subway. It's very convenient.
哦。坐几号线？
ò 。zuò jǐ hào xiàn ？
Ah. Which line do I take?
一号线转二号线。你看，前面是一号线。
yī hào xiàn zhuǎn èr hào xiàn 。nǐ kàn ，qiánmian shì yī hào xiàn 。
Take line one and then switch to line two. See, line one is up ahead.
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