Mandarin Month: How to Ask About Your Favorite Upcoming Concerts (and Rant About Those Canceled)
In the lead up to our Mandarin Month mixer on June 24 June 25 where you'll be able to meet with Beijing's best Mandarin schools, we'll be dishing out some language-learning advice on a daily basis. Read on if you don't want to wait to get started on improving your 中文. Mandarin Month is sponsored by Sanfine International Hospital.
Beijing is home to a number of great music events every year and countless live shows every week featuring local and foreign artists. It’s maybe no Singapore or New York City, but when it comes to a music scene, Beijing holds its own on an international stage.
The foremost offering of the Beijing music scene is the music festival. Spring and summer every year see a number of music festivals in and around the city that feature everything from rock and roll and hip-hop to experimental music.
Here are some phrases and lingo to help you navigate festival season, including, crucially for Beijing, when the festival you’ve been looking forward to for three months gets canceled as they so frequently do here.
Music Festival
音乐节
Yīnyuè jié
What kind of music will there be at the festival?
音乐节有什么样的音乐？
Yīnyuè jié yǒu shén me yàng de yīnyuè?
Experimental music, rock music, punk music, hip-hop, world music, indie rock
实验音乐，摇滚，朋克，嘻哈，世界音乐，独立摇滚
Shíyàn yīnyuè, yáogǔn, péngkè, xīhā, shìjiè yīnyuè, dúlì yáogǔn
What groups are performing?
哪个乐队会上台表演？
Nǎge yuèduì huì shàngtái biǎoyǎn?
Is it worth going if I don’t know any of the artists?
如果我没听说过任何音乐人，是否值得参加？
Rúguǒ wǒ méitīngshuō guò rènhé yīnyuèrén, shìfǒu zhídé cānjiā?
Go to meet people and have fun. The music doesn’t matter.
去认识新朋友，一起玩一玩。 音乐不重要。
Qù rènshì xīnpéngyǒu，yīqǐ wányīwán. Yīnyuè méiguānxì.
How are you getting there?
你怎么去？
Nǐ zěnme qù?
Can you bring in food and drink?
食物和饮料可以带进去吗？
Shíwù hé yǐnliào kěyǐ dài jìnqù ma?
Can we camp there?
我们可以在那里野营吗？
Wǒmen kěyǐ zài nàlǐ yěyíng ma?
What will the food be like?
有什么样的食物？
Yǒu shenmeyàng de shíwù ?
Wear sunscreen, a hat, and sunglasses.
戴防晒霜，帽子和太阳镜。
Dài fángshài shuāng, màozi hé tàiyángjìng.
Why was it canceled?
为什么取消了？
Wèishénme qǔxiāo le?
How do I get a refund?
如何获得退款？
Rúhé huòdé tuìkuǎn?
They already moved the music festival to Hebei, and it still got canceled.
音乐节已经转移到河北, 仍然被取消了。
Yīnyuèjié yǐjīng zhuǎiyí dào héběi, réngrán bèi qǔxiāo le.
There will be a government event, so it had to shut down.
因为一个政府的活动, 所以它被取消了。
Huìyǒu yīgè zhèngfǔ de huódòng , suǒyǐ tā bèi guānbì le.
The performers couldn’t get their visas approved.
表演者无法获得签证。
Biǎoyǎnzhě wúfǎ huòdé qiānzhèng.
The permit was revoked.
许可证被撤销。
Xǔkězhèng bèi chèxiāo.
Life in Beijing unfair.
北京的生活挺不公平的。
Běi jīng de shēnghuó tǐng bù gōng píng de.
Dude, this is China.
哥们儿,这是中国。
Gēméner, zhèshì Zhōngguó.
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