Learn five words that will help you when staying at a hotel
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| Hi guys, welcome to CantoneseClass101.com’s weekly words. Today, we are going to talk about "At The Hotel," 喺酒店 (hai2 zau2 dim3). |
| This is a hotel, 酒店 (zau2 dim3). |
| 酒 (zau2) is "wine"; and 店 (dim3) is like "store" or "shop." |
| So literally, "wine shop," but somehow it’s a "hotel." |
| So, 喺酒店 (hai2 zau2 dim3). |
| 1. 大堂 (daai6 tong4) "Lobby" |
| 去大堂做登記 |
| (heoi3 daai6 tong4 zou6 dang1 gei3) |
| "Go to the lobby for registration." |
| Kind of like check-in or checkout, it’s both registration, so 登記 (dang1 gei3). |
| 去大堂 (heoi3 daai6 tong4) |
| 2. 鎖匙 (so2 si4) "Key" |
| Nowadays, most hotels use electronic key cards, 電子鎖匙卡 (din6 zi2 so2 si4 kaat1), or just 鎖匙卡 (so2 si4 kaat1), kind of like one like this. |
| 鎖匙卡 (so2 si4 kaat1) "key card" |
| 我哋呢間房有兩張鎖匙卡 |
| (ngo5 dei6 ni1 gaan1 fong2 jau5 loeng5 zoeng1 so2 si4 kaat1.) |
| "This room comes with two key cards." |
| Or, 呢張係鎖匙卡，唔好唔見呀。 |
| (ni1 zoeng1 hai6 so2 si4 kaat1, m4 hou2 m4 gin3 aa3.) |
| "This is the key card, don't lose it." |
| And usually give it back when you checkout. |
| Next word is... |
| 3. 雙人床 (soeng1 jan4 cong4) "Double bed" |
| Usually, if you have two separate single beds, it’s called a twin room, right? |
| So with one double bed, it’s a double room. So this is a double room with a double bed. |
| 呢間房有張雙人床。 |
| (ni1 gaan1 fong2 jau5 zoeng1 soeng1 jan4 cong4.) |
| "There is a double bed in this room." |
| And next word is... |
| 4. 單人床 (daan1 jan4 cong4) "A single bed" |
| If there are two single beds in the room, it’s called a twin room. |
| 一個人就瞓單人床，兩個人就瞓雙人床。 |
| (jat1 go3 jan2 zau6 fan3 daan1 jan4 cong4, loeng5 go3 jan2 zau6 fan3 soeng1 jan4 cong4.) |
| "One person sleeps in a single bed, and two people will sleep in a double bed." |
| Or if I am sleeping by myself, I still like to sleep in a double bed. It’s much bigger. |
| Next word is... |
| 5. 客房服務 (haak3 fong2 fuk6 mou6) "Room service" |
| 好肚餓呀，不如叫客房服務囉。 |
| (hou2 tou5 ngo6 aa3, bat1 jyu4 giu3 haak3 fong2 fuk6 mou6 lo3.) |
| "I'm very hungry, let's order room service." |
| I just don’t want to get out of this hotel room. |
| So that’s it for today. Today, we talked about "At the hotel," 喺酒店 (hai2 zau2 dim3). |
| And I will see you next time. I am Olivia. Bye! |
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