This Mandarin lesson focuses on the topic of "Year and Bonus," introducing the term "年终奖金" (nián zhōng jiǎng jīn) as a year-end bonus given by companies in China. Key vocabulary includes phrases for celebrating Chinese New Year, such as "过年" (guò nián), and terms like "估计" (gū jì, to estimate), "发" (fā, to issue), "营运状况" (yíng yùn zhuàng kuàng, business performance), "红利" (hóng lì, dividends/bonus), "员工" (yuán gōng, employees), and "现金" (xiàn jīn, cash). The lesson features a dialogue where one person asks about year-end bonuses, explaining that companies distribute them based on annual performance, either in cash or stock. It concludes with a light-hearted hope for a "big red envelope" rather than a small one, tying into cultural traditions. The instructor also promotes additional learning resources on their website.
Dear listeners, hello and welcome to Mandarin Chinese Lessons with Serge Melnik. You're listening to Lesson 99, today's topic is called "Year and Bonus". So first as usual, let's listen to our today's situational dialogue. What is "Year and Bonus" in Mandarin? Oh, this is a very good language. Is it all a modern language? Ha ha, Zhu Ni Hao Yu, I hope it's not just a small red bag. New vocabulary, "Guo Nian" to celebrate Chinese New Year. Guo Nian, please also see Lesson 54. For example, Ni ta suan,怎么过年? How are you going to celebrate Chinese New Year? Ni ta suan,怎么过年? Nian zhong Jiang Jin, means "Year and Bonus", "Nian zhong Jiang Jin", "Nian zhong Jiang Jin", "Nian zhong" means "at the end of the year", and Jiang Jin means "Bonus", "Nian zhong Jiang Jin", "Nian zhong Jiang Jin", is your company offering a "Year and Bonus" this year? Ni men公司今年发布发年终讲今. Gu Ji to estimate, cu Ji, for instance, cu Ji is多少, how much do you estimate it will be? Gu Ji is多少, cu Ji is多少, or Ni cu Ji is多少, Ni cu Ji is多少,
发, to issue, to offer a bonus, et cetera,发,社会, a society,社会, for example, "在中国的社会" in Chinese society, "在中国的社会" Nian zhi, at the end of the year, Nian zhi, Nian zhi, same as Nian zhong, month and is "Year zhi", "Year zhi", "Year" means month, right? "Di" and "yue di" end of the month, or month and "yue di" "Year di" An Zhao, according to. An Zhao, An Zhao, An Zhao, An Zhao, 赢运状况, business operations, 赢运状况, 赢运 means running a business, 赢运,赢运,赢运, 状况, a condition, or a situation, 状况, So, basically, 赢运状况, means how well a business performed. What were the profits? So, based on this, a company will pay its employees the year-end bonus, 年中将近红利, dividends, or bonus, 红利, 红利, dividends, 红利, 员工 employees, 员工,福利, benefits, or welfare, 福利,福利,福利, 现金, means cash. 现金, cash,现金,不一定, not necessarily, or it depends. 不一定,不一定, it depends. 不一定,不一定, 有的, 有的, some, and some, 有的, For example, 有的人知道, some people know, 有的人不知道, some people don't know. 有的人不知道, 有的人不知道, or 这家餐厅有的东西好吃, 有的不好吃, in this restaurant, some dishes are good, some are not. 这家餐厅有的东西好吃, 有的东西不好吃, 古票, stock or shares, 古票, 古票, 听起来, sounds. 听起来, 听起来, also please see lesson 96. 听起来, for example, 听起来,不错, sounds not bad. 打听, to find out, to ask about, 打听, For instance, 我来打听一下, let me find out, 我来打听一下. 祝你好运, wish you good luck. 祝你好运, 祝你好运, 红炮, red envelope, please also see lessons 47 and 54 for more examples. 红炮,红炮, alright, so now after we learned all the new vocabulary, let's translate the situational dialogue. 啊,快过年了,你们公司今年年中讲经,估计会发多少. The Chinese New Year is coming. How much do you estimate? Your company will pay you this year as the年中讲经,快过年了. 你们公司今年年中讲经,估计会发多少. 比,年中讲经是什么? What's the "年中讲经"? 啊,就是在中国的社会,各种公司在每年年底的时候会按照一年的营运状况,
发一些红利给员工,这就叫年中讲经. That is, in Chinese society, different kinds of companies, and the end of each year will pay bonus to the employees, according to the business performance for the year. And this is called年中讲经,就是在中国的社会,各种公司在每年年底的时候会按照一年的营运状况, 营运状况,发一些红利给员工,这就叫年中讲经. 比,哦,这样的福利很好啊,那么每年的年中讲经拿的都是现金吗? 啊,不一定,有的公司会发现金,有的会发股票. Not necessarily, some companies will pay by cash, some will issue stock,不一定,有的公司会发现金,有的会发股票. 里,听起来,真有意思,那明天上班的时候,我也去打听一下。 看看,我们公司准备给我们发什么。 Sounds very interesting, tomorrow, when I go to work, I also will go and find out. Let's see what our company is preparing to offer,听起来,真有意思。 那明天上班的时候,我也去打听一下,看看,我们公司准备给我们发什么。 啊,哈哈,祝你好运啊,希望不是只有一个小红包,哈哈, wish you good luck, hope it won't only be a small red envelope. 哈哈,祝你好运啊,希望不是只有一个小红包。 比,我希望来个大红包啊, I hope it's going to be a big one. 快过年了,你们公司今年年中讲经估计会发多少? 年中讲经是什么? 就是在中国的社会,各种公司在每年年底的时候会按照一年的营允状况,发一些红利给员工,这就叫年中讲经。 哦,这样的红利很好啊,那么每年的年中讲经拿的都是现金吗? 不一定,有的公司会发现金,有的会发股票。 听起来真有意思,那明天上班的时候我也去打听一下,看看我们公司准备给我们发什么。 哈哈,祝你好运啊,希望不是只有一个小红包。 我希望来个大红包啊。 That was great everybody, thank you for listening, so this is the end of our lesson, you can subscribe for full PDF lesson transcripts and work sheets on my website. The address is www.melniks.com, stay tuned, and I will talk to you again in our next lesson. 再见,拜拜, lesson 98, work sheet answers, please translate. 你为什么那么伤心呢? 他的爸爸过世了,别太难过了,他死得非常突然,我们表示我们的哀到。 他需要回他老家半后世,我需要跟我的经理说一声,我们表示我们的同情, fill in the blanks. 了解,那就麻烦你跟小王说一声,表示我们的同情与哀到。 When there is space, we can go to the mall too.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The lesson introduces the Mandarin term "年终奖金" (nián zhōng jiǎng jīn), meaning "year-end bonus."
Key vocabulary includes words related to Chinese New Year, company operations, bonuses, and forms of payment (cash or stock).
A situational dialogue explains how companies in China distribute year-end bonuses based on annual performance.
The lesson encourages learners to practice using the new vocabulary in context.
Summary:
This Mandarin lesson focuses on the topic of "Year and Bonus," introducing the term "年终奖金" (nián zhōng jiǎng jīn) as a year-end bonus given by companies in China. Key vocabulary includes phrases for celebrating Chinese New Year, such as "过年" (guò nián), and terms like "估计" (gū jì, to estimate), "发" (fā, to issue), "营运状况" (yíng yùn zhuàng kuàng, business performance), "红利" (hóng lì, dividends/bonus), "员工" (yuán gōng, employees), and "现金" (xiàn jīn, cash). The lesson features a dialogue where one person asks about year-end bonuses, explaining that companies distribute them based on annual performance, either in cash or stock.
It concludes with a light-hearted hope for a "big red envelope" rather than a small one, tying into cultural traditions. The instructor also promotes additional learning resources on their website.
FAQs
'Guo Nian' means to celebrate Chinese New Year.
'Nian zhong Jiang Jin' means 'Year-end Bonus'. It refers to a bonus paid by companies to employees at the end of the year based on business performance.
The year-end bonus is usually determined according to the company's annual business operations and performance.
No, it is not always cash. Some companies pay cash, while others may issue stock or shares as part of the bonus.
'Hong Bao' means red envelope, which is often given as a gift during Chinese New Year celebrations, sometimes containing money.
It means 'How much do you estimate?' and is used to ask about expected amounts, such as a bonus.
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