乘公共汽车 (chéng gōng gòng qì chē) Take a bus

Qĭngwèn, qù Zhōngguāncūn ma?
A: 请问,     去    中关村             吗?
Excuse me, does the bus go to Zhongguancun?
Dào, Shànglái ba. Nĭmen cóng tĭyù dàxué xiàchē, ránhòu zài huàn chē.
B: 到, 上来       吧,你们    从     体育  大学   下车,然后    再   换    车。
Yes. Please aboard! You can get off at Beijing Sports University bus stop, then transfer there.
qǐngwèn dàoshíhou huàn jǐ lù chē?
A: 请问        到时候       换    几 路 车?
Which bus should we change to then, please?
Sānliùwŭ, jiŭbáèr dōu xíng.
B: 365、        982      都   行。
Bus No. 365 or bus No. 982 will both be OK.

Situational Dialogue

Gāng shàngchē de chéngkè qĭng shuākă, méi kă de chéngkè qĭng măipiào.
A: 刚      上车         的   乘客      请     刷卡,  没  卡  的   乘客      请 买票
Passengers who have just got on the bus please swipe your IC cards or buy your tickets.
Shīfu, măi liăngzhāng piào dào qiánmén.
B: 师傅,买   两张            票,到    前门。
Excuse me, two tickets to Qianmen, please.
Zhè chē bú dào qiánmén, nĭmen kéyĭ zài zuò liăngzhàn xiàchē, huàn qíèrliù lù, zhíjiē jiù dào qiánmén le.
A: 这    车  不  到    前门,    你们  可以 再  坐   两站        下车, 换      726  路,直接 就 到    前门     了。
The bus doesn’t go to Qianmen. You may go two more stops and then change to bus No.726. It goes straight to Qianmen.
Xièxiè.
B: 谢谢。
Thank you.

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Measure word
In Chinese language, a numeral alone cannot function as an attribute but must be combined with a measure word inserted between the numeral and the noun it modifies.

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两张票 two tickets

一个人 one person

两家商店 two shops

一本书 one book

三幅地图 three maps

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