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《Love Between Lines》 S1·E15 (05:03) HSK 4
nǐ hǎo wǒ xiǎng wèn yī xià nín zhī dào zhè gōng chǎng zài nǎ ér ma

你好 我想问一下 您知道这工厂在哪儿吗

“Hello, excuse me, do you know where this factory is?”

《Love Between Lines》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 05:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

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

好

“Okay.”

nǐ hǎo wǒ xiǎng wèn yī xià nín zhī dào zhè gōng chǎng zài nǎ ér ma CURRENT FOCUS

你好 我想问一下 您 知道 这 工厂在哪儿 吗

“Hello, excuse me, do you know where this factory is?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hái zhēn bù zhī dào bù hǎo yì sī a zhēn bù hǎo yì sī

“I really don't know, sorry. Sorry.”

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Scene: Travel & Transit
Function: ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS
Tone: POLITE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Respectful Second-Person Pronoun (您)

Using '您' (the honorific form of 'you') demonstrates respect and distance, commonly adopted when asking unfamiliar adults or elders for assistance.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #asking_directions #politeness #information_seeking
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
我想问一下 SPOKEN CHUNK

I would like to ask; could I ask

A common polite hedge used before asking a question to sound less abrupt.

在哪儿 SPOKEN CHUNK

where is...

The standard northern Chinese spoken phrasing for inquiring about location.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the sentence as a standard yes-no question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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