Intermediate - Girly Talk (C0169)

丽丽,你好讨厌哦,我都等了你一个小时,你怎么还没下班?
Lìli ,nǐ hǎo tǎoyàn é ,wǒ dōu děng le nǐ yī ge xiǎoshí ,nǐ zěnme hái méi xiàbān ?
Lily, I can’t stand you! I’ve been waiting for you for an hour. Why are you still at work?

不好意思,我今天要加班。 你自己先吃饭好吗?
bùhǎoyìsi ,wǒ jīntiān yào jiābān 。 nǐzìjǐ xiān chīfàn hǎo ma ?
I’m sorry, I have to work overtime tonight. You go ahead and eat, ok?

不要嘛,人家要等你啦。你什么时候下班呢?
bùyào ma ,rénjiā yào děng nǐ la 。nǐ shénme shíhòu xiàbān ne ?
No. I want to wait for you. When will you finish, hmmm?

我还不清楚,大概还要两个小时。
wǒ hái bù qīngchǔ ,dàgài hái yào liǎng ge xiǎoshí 。
I am not sure now. Maybe in 2 more hours.

可是我已经等了你一个小时耶,你又说不来了,真是的。
kěshì wǒ yǐjīng děng le nǐ yī ge xiǎoshí yē ,nǐ yòu shuō bù lái le ,zhēnshìde 。
But I’ve been waiting for you for an hour. And now, you’re telling me that you’re not coming? Well, I never…!

啊,我受不了了。你可不可以不要再说“讨厌”和“真是的”这些词了?
ā ,wǒ shòubuliǎo le 。nǐ kě bu kěyǐ bù yào zài shuō “tǎoyàn ”hé “zhēnshìde ”zhèxie cí le ?
Ah, I can’t stand it! Can you stop saying things like ‘I can’t stand you’ and ‘well, I never’?

为什么?
wèishénme ?
Why?

因为男人这样说话太娘娘腔了。女孩子撒娇的时候才会这么说。
yīnwèi nánrén zhèyàngde shuōhuà tài niángniángqiāng le 。nǚháizi sājiāo de shíhou cái huì zhème shuō 。
It just sounds too girly for a guy to say those things. Only girls talk like that, when they’re whining.

Vocabulary

讨厌 tǎoyàn to hate
讨厌 tǎoyàn disgusting
děng to wait
hái still
大概 dàgài roughly
已经 yǐjīng already
撒娇 sājiāo coquette
做作 zuòzuo affected
啰嗦 luōsuo wordy
也许 yěxǔ perhaps
可能 kěnéng maybe, probably