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《Vanished Name》 S1·E2 (28:46) HSK 4
nǐ shì bù zài nà ge rén mín yī yuàn dāng hù gōng ne shì

你是不在那个 人民医院当护工呢 是

“Do you work as a caregiver at the People's Hospital? Yes.”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 28:46 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shuō

说

“Go on.”

nǐ shì bù zài nà ge rén mín yī yuàn dāng hù gōng ne shì CURRENT FOCUS

你是 不在 那个 人民医院 当护工 呢 是

“Do you work as a caregiver at the People's Hospital? Yes.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhāng fàng tā nǎi nǎi

张放他奶奶

“Zhang Fang's grandma injured her leg.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: SEEKING CONFIRMATION
Tone: MATTER-OF-FACT
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You work at that hospital, right? I need to ask you about someone there.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guanxi and Verification Before Inquiries

Before bringing up a specific favor or piece of news involving someone, Chinese speakers routinely establish and verify the exact occupational connection.

INTENT TAGS: #confirmation #prelude #inquiry #information_gathering
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
是不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't it the case that...

Here contracted colloquially to '是不' to seek confirmation of a known fact.

当护工 SPOKEN CHUNK

to work as a hospital orderly / caregiver

Standard spoken collocation for working as a non-nursing patient attendant.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks an ongoing action or state, smoothing the transition to an implied follow-up.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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