Chinese news snippet (short)
This is just a very short clip of a news broadcast from Chinese radio. It's pretty advanced, but even if you don't understand all of it it's helpful (to me at least) to see a transcription of very formal speaking.
- 下面是新聞的詳細內容。
Xiàmiàn shì xīnwén de xiángxì nèiróng.
Lit. below is news's detailed contents
The following is the news in detail.
- 中國國家主席胡錦濤表示,
Zhōngguó guójiā zhǔxí Hú Jǐntāo biǎoshì,
Lit. China country chairman Hujingtao indicate
Chinese Chairman Hu Jintao indicated
- 在星期五他與朝鮮領導人金正日進行了一次坦誠和友好的會談中,
zài xīngqí wǔ tā yǔ Cháoxiǎn* lǐngdǎorén Jīn Zhèngrì jìnxíng le yí cì tǎnchéng hé yǒuhǎo de huìtán zhōng
Lit. at Friday he and Korea leader Jinchengri forwarded once open and friendly discussion middle
on Friday that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il had an open and friendly discussion, during which
Note: Putonghua pronounciation; Guoyu pronounciation is Cháoxiān
- 兩方達成了重要共識。
liǎng fāng dáchéng le zhòngyào gòngshí*.
Lit. two sides reached important understanding
both sides reached an important understanding.
Note: Putonghua pronounciation; Guoyu pronounciation is gòngshì.
- 胡錦濤沒有具體說明所達成共識的內容。
Hú Jǐntāo méiyǒu jùtǐ shuōmíng suǒ dáchéng gòngshí* de nèiróng.
Lit. Hujingtao not generally say clearly which reached understanding's contents
Hu Jintao did not explain the nature of the understanding that was reached.
Note: Putonghua pronounciation; Guoyu pronounciation is gòngshì.
- 但有猜測說,
Dǎn yǒu cāicè shuō,
Lit. but have guess say
But according to speculation,
- 其中包括朝鮮同意將參加新一輪朝鮮問題的六方會談,
qīzhōng bāokuò Cháoxiǎn* tóngyì jiāng cānjiā xīn yì lún Cháoxiǎn* wèntí de liù fāng huìtán,
Lit. including Korea understand will join new round Korea problem's six sided discussion
it included North Korea agreeing to a future round of six-nation talks on the "North Korea issue"
Note: Putonghua pronounciation; Guoyu pronounciation is Cháoxiān
- 與及新一輪六方會談下個月將在北京舉行。
yǔjí xīn yì lún liù fāng huìtán xiàgè yuè jiāng zài Běijīng jǔxíng.
Lit. and new round six sided discussion next month will at Bejing hold.
and that the new round of six-nation talks will be held in Beijing next month.
My God sjcma
You are a genius, this is some ridiculously advanced stuff! Thanks. *bows*
Actually, although I realize that this material is above my current ability level, even in terms of study material, it's useful as a marker for the "really difficult" material that lies ahead. Does that make sense? I mean, it's one thing to hear the news and not understand a bit of it. But not that I've gone through and seen exactly what types of phrases, words, etc. go into "advanced Chinese", I feel like I have a much better sense of where I'm at in my current ability, and how far away I am from being that advanced.











