Choose a Taxi Route Under Time Pressure · FREE LESSON
State the time constraint
State a deadline before naming the traffic problem; distinguish a time limit from a time of departure.
八點前要到上環 · baat3 dim2 cin4 jiu3 dou3 soeng6 waan1
What does 要 mean here?
Words and phrases in this lesson
- 要jiu3
need to
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- 要jiu3
need to
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- 我八點前要到上環ngo5 baat3 dim2 cin4 jiu3 dou3 soeng6 waan4
I need to reach Sheung Wan before eight
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- 好似hou2 ci5
seems / looks like
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- 好似hou2 ci5
seems / looks like
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- 塞車sak1 ce1
traffic jam
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- 塞車sak1 ce1
traffic jam
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- 前面好似塞車cin4 min6 hou2 ci5 sak1 ce1
It looks congested ahead
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- 八點前baat3 dim2 cin4
Before eight
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- 九點前gau2 dim2 cin4
Before nine
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- 我八點前要到上環，但前面好似塞車。ngo5 baat3 dim2 cin4 jiu3 dou3 soeng6 waan4 daan6 cin4 min6 hou2 ci5 sak1 ce1
I need to reach Sheung Wan before eight, but it looks congested ahead.
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- 八baat3
8
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- 九gau2
9
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- 但daan6
but
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- 旺角wong6 gok3
Mong Kok
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- 上環soeng6 waan4
Sheung Wan
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- 前cin4
before
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- 點dim2
o'clock
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- 前面cin4 min6
up ahead
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- 到dou3
arrive
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- 我ngo5
I
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