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ID: 2439 Elementary
No time for housework and cooking? Let someone else polish your furniture while you polish up your Chinese! This lesson will equip you to hire an ayi to solve your housekeeping woes.
Thu May 08 2014 | Tom, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
想 xiǎng would like
找 zhǎo to look for
阿姨 āyí housekeeper, auntie
钟点工 zhōngdiǎngōng hourly worker
你好，我想找阿姨。
nǐhǎo ，wǒ xiǎng zhǎo āyí 。
Hello. I am looking for a housekeeper.
你要钟点工还是住家的？
nǐ yào zhōngdiǎngōng háishì zhùjiā de ？
Do you want an hourly housekeeper or a live-in housekeeper?
钟点工。
zhōngdiǎngōng 。
An hourly housekeeper.
每天做吗？
měitiān zuò ma ？
To work every day?
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