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This Haircut Please

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ID: 2630 Newbie
To some, a trip to the hair salon is a delight. To others, it's a nerve-racking experience with a good chance of coming out with some awful haircut. Add to this the fact that this might be your first experience having to converse entirely in Chinese. Fear not; with ChinesePod, we can make your visit to the salon an enjoyable one.
Mon Feb 02 2015 | Gwilym, Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
多 duō how (to what extent)
照片 zhàopiàn photograph
也 yě also
那 nà that
我要剪头发。
wǒ yào jiǎn tóufa 。
I want a haircut.
好的，想剪多短？
hǎo de ，xiǎng jiǎn duō duǎn ？
Sure, how short would you like it?
跟这张照片一样。
gēn zhè zhāng zhàopiàn yīyàng 。
The same as this picture.
也要染吗?
yě yào rǎn ma ?
Do you also want it colored?
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