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@ 30734 Night Cat
A: 哈。（打哈欠聲）
ha¯ . ( daˇ
Yaaawn.
ha¯ qia`n she¯ ng)
B: 你怎麼老打哈欠，起得太早？
nˇı zeˇnme laˇo daˇ ha¯ qia`n, qˇı de ta`i zaˇo?
Why do you keep yawning? Did you get up early?
A: 不是，睡得太晚。四點才睡。
bu` sh`ı, shu`ı de ta`i waˇn. s`ı diaˇn ca´i shu`ı.
Nah, I went to bed super late, 4am.
B: 你這個夜貓子，又玩通宵。去酒吧泡妞了吧？
nˇı zhe`ge ye`ma¯ ozi , yo`u wa´n to¯ ngxia¯ o. qu` ba?
jiuˇba¯
pa`oniu¯ le
You are quite the night owl, partying through the night. Did you go to the bars cruising for girls?
A: 呵呵，是同。和一幫哥們兒一起去的。
he¯ he¯ , sh`ı a. he´
y¯ı ba¯ ng ge¯ menr y¯ıqˇı qu`
de.
Hee-hee, yeah. Together with a group of buddies.
B: 喲，挺有意思的。
yo¯ , tˇıng yoˇu y`ısi de.
Oh, sounds quite interesting.
A: 是挺有意思的。就是花了很多錢。有點兒心疼我
的錢包。
sh`ı tˇıng yoˇu y`ısi de. jiu`sh`ı hua¯
le heˇn duo¯
qia´n . yoˇudiaˇnr
x¯ınte´ng woˇ de qia´nba¯ o.
Yes it was, except I spent a ton of money. I gave my wallet a hurting.
B: 有最低消費嗎？
yoˇu zu`ıd¯ı xia¯ ofe`i ma?
Was there any minimum charge?
A: 沒有最低消費。大家都很開心，又有美女不停地
勸酒，所以喝了很多。
me´iyoˇu zu`ıd¯ı xia¯ ofe`i. da`jia¯
do¯ u heˇn ka¯ ix¯ın, yo`u yoˇu meˇinuˇ¨
bu`t´ıng de qua`njiuˇ, suoˇyˇı he¯ le heˇn duo¯ .
No minimum charge. Everybody had a blast. The girls kept urging me to drink, so I drank way too much.
B: 看你這麼沒精神，一定又喝醉了。
ka`n nˇı zhe`me me´i j¯ıngshen, y¯ıd`ıng yo`u he¯ zu`ı le.
You for sure got wasted again. You probably are still drunk.
A: 一下子就喝多了。
y¯ıxia`zi jiu`
he¯ duo¯
le.
Before I knew it I was drunk.
B: 你怎麼回家的？他們送你的？
nˇı zeˇnme hu´ıjia¯ de? ta¯ men so`ng nˇı de?
How did you get home? Did they bring you?
A: 沒有，大家都喝醉了。我自己打車的。在車上睡著了，司機好不容易才把我叫醒。哎喲，我的頭真疼！
me´iyoˇu, da`jia¯
do¯ u he¯ zu`ı le. woˇ
z`ıjˇı daˇche¯
de. za`i che¯ sha`ng
shu`ızha´o le, s¯ıj¯ı haˇoburo´ngy`ı ca´i baˇ de to´u zhe¯ n te´ng!
woˇ
jia`oxˇıng.
a¯ iyo¯ , woˇ
Nope. They were all hammered too. I got a cab myself. I fell asleep, and the driver somehow woke me up. Holy cow my head hurts.
B: 你呀，從來不懂得控制自己。
nˇı ya¯ , co´ngla´ibu` doˇngde ko`ngzh`ı z`ıjˇı.
Man, you have no concept of self-control.
---Key Vocabulary---
打哈欠 daˇ ha¯ qia`n to yawn
夜貓子 ye`ma¯ ozi night owl
通宵 to¯ ngxia¯ o all night long
泡妞 pa`oniu¯ to womanize
哥們兒 ge¯ menr buddies
心疼 x¯ınte´ng to hurt
最低 zu`ıd¯ı minimum
消費 xia¯ ofe`i charge
不停 bu`t´ıng nonstop
勸酒 qua`njiuˇ to urge to drink
一下子 y¯ıxia`zi all at once
好不容易 haˇoburo´ngy`ı very difficult
懂得 doˇngde to understand
控制 ko`ngzh`ı to control
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
貓頭鷹 ma¯ oto´uy¯ıng owl
泡吧 pa`oba¯ to hang out at bars
夜生活 ye`she¯ nghuo´ night life
打睦睡 daˇ ke¯ shu`ı to doze off
打噴哪 daˇ pe¯ nt`ı to sneeze
打喘 daˇge´ to burp
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