Question

Mandarin Tutorial: Hotels & Travel

Answer 1

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Nouns
宾馆 (bīn guǎn) hotel
房间 (fáng jiān) general term for room, although for a hotel you may want to use a more specific word like:
标准间 (biāo zhǔn jiān) standard room
or
套间 (tào jiān) suite room
老外 (lǎo wài) foreigner (depending on tone this can be playful or kinda mean)
电话 (diàn huà) telephone
护照 (hù zhào) passport
签证 (qiān zhèng) visa
押金 (yā jīn) deposit or down payment
空调 (kōng tiáo) air conditioning
楼 (lóu) building
钥匙 (yào shi) key
电梯 (diàn tī) elevator

Answer 2

Verbs:
订 (dìng) to book (as in, booking a room)
预订 (yù dìng) also means to book or reserve
打 (dǎ) technically this word can have a lot of meanings, like hit, play, make, etc. but in this context with 电话, 打 + 电话 means to make a phone call
需要 (xū yào) need
复印 (fù yìn) to make a copy. in the context of this discussion, is referring to making a photocopy of a document.
挂 (guà) to hang, like an object hanging on the wall
交 (jiāo) to pay
拐 (guǎi) to turn, for example, you can use this to give directions to someone

Answer 3

Misc:
间 (jiān) counting word for rooms, easy to remember because it's just the last character of 房间, 标准间, 套间. 个 is probably fine for casual discussion tbh but it's good to know the proper word.

上面 (shàng mian) on top of something
ex - 我的护照在桌子上面 (my passport is on the table)

墙上 (qiáng shàng) on the wall
ex: 钟在墙上挂 (the clock is hanging on the wall)

舒服 (shū fu) comfortable
ex: 住得舒服 (to live comfortably)

往 (wǎng) to turn
ex: 往右边拐 = turn to the right

Cities:
东京 (dōng jīng) Tokyo
北京 (běi jīng) Beijing
hopefully it's easy to group these two together as capitals of Asian countries, and they both use 京 which means city.
伦敦 (lún dūn) London
巴黎 (bā lí) Paris (I have zero idea why they chose this because it doesn't really sound like Paris but whatever)

Answer 4

source - dialogue from my chinese lessons, can't post the full dialogue for copyright reasons