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@ 31519 A Short Haircut
A: 先生，理髮嗎？
xia¯ nsheng, lˇıfa` ma?
Sir, would you like a haircut?
B: 嗯。我想剪那種平頭。
ng. woˇ
xiaˇng jiaˇn na`
zhoˇng p´ıngto´u.
Yes. I’d like a crew cut.
A: 好，沒問題。
haˇo, me´iwe`nt´ı.
OK, no problem.
A: 好了。您看看滿意嗎？
haˇo le. n´ın ka`n kan maˇny`ı ma?
Done. Have a look. Is that all right?
B: 能不能再理短一點兒？
ne´ng bu ne´ng za`i lˇı duaˇn y¯ıdiaˇnr?
Could you cut it a bit shorter?
A: 這樣呢？
zhe`ya`ng ne?
How about this?
B: 好像這邊有點兒長。
haˇoxia`ng zhe`bia¯ n yoˇudiaˇnr cha´ng.
It seems a bit long over here.
A: 那我再修一下。
na`
woˇ
za`i xiu¯
y¯ıxia`.
I’ll trim it a bit more, then.
B: 還是有點兒奇怪。
ha´ish`ı yoˇudiaˇnr q´ıgua`i.
It’s still a little strange.
A: 再剪就成光頭了。
za`i jiaˇn jiu` che´ng gua¯ ngto´u le.
If I cut it any shorter you’ll have a shaved head.
B: 那就這樣吧。
na`
jiu`
zhe`ya`ng ba.
Then this will do.
A: 好。要刮鬍子嗎？
haˇo. ya`o gua¯ hu´zi ma?
OK. Would you like me to shave your beard?
B: 不用了，我回家自己刮。
bu`yo`ng le, woˇ
hu´ıjia¯
z`ıjˇı gua¯ .
That’s OK. I’ll go home and do it myself.
---Key Vocabulary---
理髮 lˇıfa` to have a haircut
剪 jiaˇn to cut
種 zhoˇng type, kind
平頭 p´ıngto´u crew cut
滿意 maˇny`ı satisified
再 za`i more, again
理 lˇı to tidy up
短 duaˇn short
好像 haˇoxia`ng to seem as if
長 cha´ng long
修 xiu¯ to trim
奇怪 q´ıgua`i strange
再......就...... za`i... jiu` ... if again...then...
成 che´ng to become
光頭 gua¯ ngto´u shaved head
刮 gua¯ to shave
鬍子 hu´zi beard
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
頭髮 to´ufa hair
洗頭 xˇıto´u to wash one’s hair
理髮店 lˇıfa`dia`n barbershop
理髮師 lˇıfa`sh¯ı barber
剃光頭 t`ı gua¯ ngto´u to shave one’s head
和尚 he´shang monk
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