In this short dialogue, Xiaoli is trying to catch a taxi to the train station, but isn’t sure if she’ll make it on time given all the traffic. Key vocab

Pronunciation : yībān Meaning : (adj) generally HSK : 2 Notes : Also as In actual, natural conversation, Chinese applies tone sandhi (tone change rules). Because 般 (bān) is a

I don’t know why I didn’t post this earlier. This song, “Olive Tree” (橄榄树) is Taiwanese songstress Chyi Yu’s (Qiyu / 齐豫) most famous work. It was released in 1979,

Pronunciation : yī bù fèn Meaning : (adj) a part of HSK : 2 Notes : Also as Because of the tone change of “一”, it is sometimes pronounced as