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@ 30929 Antiperspirant in China

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A: 你在噴香水啊?

nˇı za`i pe¯ n xia¯ ngshuˇı a?

Are you wearing cologne?

B: 不是,是止汗劑。

bu` sh`ı, sh`ı zhˇıha`nj`ı.

No, it’s antiperspirant.

A: 你汗很多嗎?

nˇı ha`n heˇn duo¯ ma?

Do you sweat a lot?

B: 多,不用止汗劑,臭死了。

duo¯ , bu` yo`ng zhˇıha`nj`ı, cho`u sˇı le.

Yes. If I don’t use antiperspirant, I stink.

A: 這個東西有用嗎?

zhe` ge do¯ ngxi yoˇuyo`ng ma?

Does it work?

B: 還可以,但是有點兒貴。

ha´i keˇyˇı, da`nsh`ı yoˇudiaˇnr gu`ı.

It’s not bad, but it is a little pricey.

A: 多少錢?

duo¯ shao qia´n?

How much is it?

B: 一小瓶要幾十塊。

y¯ı xiaˇop´ıng ya`o jˇısh´ı kua`i.

A small one is 30 to 40 RMB.

A: 啊?

aˇ?

Huh?

B: 不過總比身上臭好。

bu`guo` zoˇng bˇı she¯ nsha`ng cho`u haˇo.

Yeah but it’s better than smelling bad.

A: 嗯,我也去買一瓶。我女朋友老說我有汗臭。

ng, woˇ

yeˇ

qu`

maˇi y¯ı p´ıng. woˇ

nuˇ¨ pe´ngyou laˇo shuo¯

woˇ

yoˇu

ha`ncho`u.

Hmm, I’ll have to get some. My girlfriend is always telling me I have B.O.

---Key Vocabulary---

pe¯ n to spray

香水 xia¯ ngshuˇı perfume

止汗劑 zhˇıha`nj`ı antiperspirant

ha`n to sweat

cho`u to stink

有用 yoˇuyo`ng useful

還可以 ha´i keˇyˇı not bad

但是 da`nsh`ı but

gu`ı expensive

bˇı in comparison with

laˇo always

汗臭 ha`ncho`u body odor

---Supplementary Vocabulary---

除臭劑 chu´cho`uj`ı air freshener

香體劑 xia¯ ngtˇıj`ı deodorant

出汗 chu¯ ha`n to sweat

狐臭 hu´cho`u body odor

氣味 q`ıwe`i smell

液體 ye`tˇı liquid

固體 gu`tˇı solid

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