MANDARIN15 lines
At home & building management
Repairs, access cards, rubbish sorting
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What you say
kōngtiáo huài le
The air conditioning is broken
méiyǒu rèshuǐ
There is no hot water
mǎtǒng dǔ le
The toilet is blocked
shuǐguǎn lòushuǐ
A pipe is leaking
tíng diàn le
The power is out
wǎngluò bù tōng
The internet is down
qǐng pài rén lái xiū
Please send someone to fix it
shénme shíhou néng lái
When can they come
ménjìn kǎ bù néng yòng
My access card does not work
wǒ yào bàn ménjìn kǎ
I need an access card
lóushàng hěn chǎo
The flat above is very noisy
zhège shì gān lājī háishi shī lājī
Is this dry waste or wet waste
When to use itShanghai sorts household waste into four streams and the bin room keeps set hours. Ask the guard on day one.
What you hear
xiàwǔ lái
Someone will come this afternoon
zhège yào shōufèi
There is a charge for this
yào liánxì fángdōng
You need to contact the landlord
How far fifty words get you
A serviced compound in Gubei runs on fifty words. Ten minutes further out it does not. Tell us where you need to be each morning.
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