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请问，地铁站怎么走？
，？ Excuse me, how do I get to the subway station?Practice path
Make this line survive without the page.
Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.
Current move
Hear it cold Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.
Next请问，地铁站怎么走？ 02 What does 请问，地铁站怎么走 mean?请问 politely opens the question; 怎么走 asks how to get there.
PracticeExcuse me, how do I get to the subway station? 03 Fill the pinyin for 地铁站怎么走。地 is fourth tone, 铁 is third tone, 站 is fourth tone.
Practicedì tiě zhàn zěn me zǒu 04 How would you ask: Excuse me, how do I get to the subway station?Use 请问 plus place plus 怎么走.
Practice请问，地铁站怎么走？Scene
When to use it
Stopping someone politely to ask for simple directions.
Risk
safe
Do not use it for a taxi destination. In a taxi, say 去地铁站 instead.
Literal
May I ask, subway station how walk?
This is a survival question. 请问 makes the interruption polite, and 怎么走 is the natural way to ask how to get somewhere.
Mini dialogue
Hear the social move.
Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.
Contrast
Do not blur these together.
Recall prompts
Check whether it survived.
01 · What does 请问，地铁站怎么走 mean?
Answer: Excuse me, how do I get to the subway station?
请问 politely opens the question; 怎么走 asks how to get there.
Practice this prompt02 · Fill the pinyin for 地铁站怎么走。
Answer: dì tiě zhàn zěn me zǒu
地 is fourth tone, 铁 is third tone, 站 is fourth tone.
Practice this prompt03 · How would you ask: Excuse me, how do I get to the subway station?
Answer: 请问，地铁站怎么走？
Use 请问 plus place plus 怎么走.
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