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What Chinese do you need on the Shanghai metro?

Expect to hear 请安检。 (qǐng ānjiǎn, "Security check, please"), 二号线，南京东路下。 (èr hào xiàn, Nánjīng Dōng Lù xià, "Line 2, get off at East Nanjing Road"), 出口在那边。 (chūkǒu zài nàbiān, "The exit is over there"). Useful things to say: 地铁站在哪里？ (dìtiě zhàn zài nǎlǐ, "Where is the metro station?") and 去外滩坐几号线？ (qù Wàitān zuò jǐ hào xiàn, "Which line goes to the Bund?").

The whole conversation: Taking the metro

Shanghai's metro is fast and cheap. You go through security, then scan your phone at the gate.

  1. You say
    地铁站在哪里？ dìtiě zhàn zài nǎlǐ Where is the metro station?
  2. You hear
    请安检。 qǐng ānjiǎn Security check, please.

    Every station has a bag scanner, like a small airport.

  3. You say
    去外滩坐几号线？ qù Wàitān zuò jǐ hào xiàn Which line goes to the Bund?
  4. You hear
    二号线，南京东路下。 èr hào xiàn, Nánjīng Dōng Lù xià Line 2, get off at East Nanjing Road.
  5. You say
    在哪里换乘？ zài nǎlǐ huànchéng Where do I change lines?
  6. You say
    借过一下。 jiè guò yíxià Excuse me, coming through.
  7. You hear
    出口在那边。 chūkǒu zài nàbiān The exit is over there.
Is this what people really say here?

Questions about this scene

What Chinese do you need on the Shanghai metro?

Expect to hear 请安检。 (qǐng ānjiǎn, "Security check, please"), 二号线，南京东路下。 (èr hào xiàn, Nánjīng Dōng Lù xià, "Line 2, get off at East Nanjing Road"), 出口在那边。 (chūkǒu zài nàbiān, "The exit is over there"). Useful things to say: 地铁站在哪里？ (dìtiě zhàn zài nǎlǐ, "Where is the metro station?") and 去外滩坐几号线？ (qù Wàitān zuò jǐ hào xiàn, "Which line goes to the Bund?").