喂

wèi

喂

/ (interjection) hello / to feed (someone or some animal) / hey / telephone greeting /

，请问

qǐng wèn

请问

/ may I ask... /

，从

cōng

从

/ lax / yielding / unhurried /

人民

rén mín

人民

/ (the) people /

广场

guǎng chǎng

广场

/ a public square (e.g. Tiananmen Square) /

到

dào

到

/ to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive /

浦东

pǔ dōng

浦东

/ Pudong (district in Shanghai) /

世纪

shì jì

世纪

/ century /

公园

gōng yuán

公园

/ a public park /

怎么

zěn me

怎么

/ how? / what? / why? /

走

zǒu

走

/ to walk / to go / to move / to leave /

？
Hello, may I ask, how to get from the People's Square to the Pu Dong Century Park?

请

qǐng

请

/ to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal, etc) / to request /

稍

shāo

稍

/ somewhat / a little /

等

děng

等

/ class / rank / grade / equal to / same as / wait for / await / et cetera / and so on /

.....您

nín

您

/ you (formal) /

可以

kě yǐ

可以

/ can / may / possible / able to /

在

zài

在

/ (located) at / in / exist / (before verbs) immediately involved in / right in the middle of doing /

人民

rén mín

人民

/ (the) people /

广场

guǎng chǎng

广场

/ a public square (e.g. Tiananmen Square) /

坐

zuò

坐

/ to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc.) /

地铁

dì tiě

地铁

/ subway / metro /

二号

èr hào

二号

/ 2nd day of the month /

线

xiàn

线

/ thread / string / wire / line /

，在世

zài shì

在世

/ to be alive /

纪

jì

纪

/ discipline / age / era / period / order / record /

公园

gōng yuán

公园

/ a public park /

站

zhàn

站

/ station / to stand / to halt / to stop /

下车

xià chē

下车

/ (vi) dismount /

。
Please wait for a brief moment.....you can take subway line number two at the People's Square, and get off at the Century Park.

大概

dà gài

大概

/ roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about /

需要

xū yào

需要

/ to need / to want / to demand / needs / to require /

多

duō

多

/ many / much / a lot of / numerous / multi- /

长

cháng

长

/ length / long / forever / always / constantly /

时间

shí jiān

时间

/ time / period /

？
Approximately how much time will it take?

大概

dà gài

大概

/ roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about /

十五

shí wǔ

十五

/ fifteen /

分钟

fēn zhōng

分钟

/ minute /

。
Approximately 15 minutes.

打的

dǎ dí

打的

/ take a taxi /

呢

ne

呢

/ (question particle) /

？
And taxi?

不

bù

不

/ (negative prefix) / not / no /

堵车

dǔ chē

堵车

/ traffic jam / choking /

的

de

的

/ (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle) / of /

时候

shí hou

时候

/ time / length of time / moment / period /

大概

dà gài

大概

/ roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about /

二十

èr shí

二十

/ twenty / 20 /

分钟

fēn zhōng

分钟

/ minute /

。
Without a traffic jam it will take approximately 20 minutes.

堵车

dǔ chē

堵车

/ traffic jam / choking /

的

de

的

/ (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle) / of /

时候

shí hou

时候

/ time / length of time / moment / period /

大概

dà gài

大概

/ roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about /

四十

sì shí

四十

/ forty / 40 /

分钟

fēn zhōng

分钟

/ minute /

。
With a traffic jam it will take approximately 40 minutes.

可以

kě yǐ

可以

/ can / may / possible / able to /

坐

zuò

坐

/ to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc.) /

轻

qīng

轻

/ light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / soft /

轨

guǐ

轨

/ course / path / track / rail /

吗

mǎ

吗

/ morphine /

？
Is it possible to take the light rail?

不可

bù kě

不可

/ cannot / should not / must not /

以

yǐ

以

/ to use / according to / so as to / in order to / by / with / because / Israel (abbrev.) /

。
It is not possible.

知道

zhī dao

知道

/ know / be aware of /

了

le

了

/ (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) / (completed action marker) /

，谢谢

xiè xie

谢谢

/ to thank /

。
I see, thank you.