{"id":144,"date":"2009-09-27T10:16:45","date_gmt":"2009-09-27T14:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=144"},"modified":"2009-09-27T10:16:45","modified_gmt":"2009-09-27T14:16:45","slug":"another-day-another-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/another-day-another-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Day, Another Border"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was another day in Hong Kong.\u00a0 I met up with a classmate whom I hadn’t seen for years, browsed the English book selection, and then made my decision about how I would get back to Shenzhen that night.\u00a0 The opportunity to \u5750\u8239<\/strong> (ride a boat) won out over the other choices, and I made my way to the ferry terminal in \u4e2d\u73af<\/strong> (Central).\u00a0 The price difference between the regular class seats and those in \u5934\u7b49\u8231<\/strong> (first class) was negligible- $30HKD ($3.87 USD by today’s rates), in other words, \u5dee\u4e0d\u4e86\u591a\u5c11\u94b1<\/strong> (no major difference between the prices).\u00a0 I had the cabin to myself and even was offered a drink.\u00a0 Being in Hong Kong, I opted for \u5976\u8336<\/strong> (milk tea) and asked how much it was (my instincts of ‘everything costs something’ had kicked in).\u00a0 To my surprise, it was \u9001\u7684<\/strong> (complimentary).\u00a0 However, I may need to conduct some \u7f8e\u767d<\/strong> (whitening – this term is usually used in cosmetics) for my \u7259\u9f7f<\/strong> (teeth) after the amount of tea I’ve been drinking since moving to near Hong Kong.\u00a0 The boat arrived in \u86c7\u53e3<\/strong> (Shekou, a port in Shenzhen), and the border control had additional security as was mentioned in a previous entry.\u00a0 I stood in line (with my valid documents) and remained \u6c89\u9ed8<\/strong> (silent) as my passport was stamped.\u00a0 All in all, a very \u987a\u5229<\/strong> (smooth) experience- until I had to get from western Shenzhen back to where I live, that is.<\/p>\n

\u5750\u8239 zuo4chuan2 – ride a boat
\n\u4e2d\u73af zhong1huan2 – Central, a district on the western part of Hong Kong Island
\n\u5934\u7b49\u8231 – tou2deng3cang1 – First Class (lit. head level cabin)
\n\u5dee\u4e0d\u4e86\u591a\u5c11\u94b1 – cha4bu4liao3duo1shao3qian2 – not a large difference between the two amounts
\n\u5976\u8336 – nai3cha2 – Milk Tea
\n\u9001\u7684 – song4de – given (complimentary in this sense)
\n\u7f8e\u767d mei3bai2 – whitening (lit. beauty white- mostly used in skin-whitening products)
\n\u7259\u9f7f ya2chi3 – teeth
\n\u86c7\u53e3 she2kou3 – Shekou (lit. snake mouth), a port in Shenzhen
\n\u6c89\u9ed8 chen2mo4 – silent\/silence
\n\u987a\u5229 shun4li4 – smooth (used to refer to a process, not to the texture of an object)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was another day in Hong Kong.\u00a0 I met up with a classmate whom I hadn’t seen for years, browsed the English book selection, and then made my decision about how I would get back to Shenzhen that night.\u00a0 The opportunity to \u5750\u8239 (ride a boat) won out over the other choices, and I made…<\/p>\n

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