To go along with Steve’s post about riding the 地铁, I put together a short video showing the madness of rush hour on the subway in Beijing.  I’m doing my best to provide subtitles that are readable in the video, but it can be difficult at times, for example when I give you a whole sentence in Chinese.  The point of the subtitles is to help you SEE the 汉字 and the 拼音 while you LISTEN to what I say.  My pronunciation is not perfect.  Actually, it is far from it, but I manage to get my point across when communicating here.  Of course, to really learn the vocabulary, you should take the list I provide here on the blog and study that.  If you have any suggestions for how to improve the video posts, please feel free to leave a comment here.  I appreciate constructive criticism!  Ok, that’s enough rambling.  Here’s the latest video!

VOCABULARY

大家好
dà jiā hǎo
Hello everbody!

地铁在高峰时段很拥挤
dì tiě zài gāo fēng sh íduàn hěn yōng jǐ
The subway is full of people during rush hour.

下楼
xià lóu
go downstairs

安检
Ān jiǎn
security check

一卡通
yì kǎ tōng
smart card

非常方便
fēi cháng fāng biàn
very convenient

因为你不需要排队买票
yīn wèi nǐ bù xū yào pái duì mǎi piào
Because you do not need to line up to buy a ticket

不找零
bù zhǎo líng
no change

一百块
yī bǎi kuài
100 RMB

麻烦
má fan
trouble

去往___号线
qù wǎng hào xiàn
to subway line _____

开往____方向
kāi wǎng fāng xiàng
bound for the direction of ______

地铁图
dì tiě tú
subway map

大人群
dà rén qún
big crowd

列车将在4分钟内到达
liè chē jiāng zài sì fēnzhōng nèi dào dá
The train will arrive in 4 minutes.

激烈
jī liè
intense

推
tuī
push

下一站
xià yí zhàn
next stop

睡觉
shuì jiào
sleep

下车
xià chē
get off the train

找到正确的出口
zhǎo dào zhèng què de chū kǒu
find the right exit

刷卡
shuā kǎ
swipe card

堵车
dǔ chē
traffic jam