📚 The library

Unit 9 · The city & getting around (HSK 3) · 7 min

图书馆里要安静 "Keep quiet in the library." 我想借这本书，可以借多久？ "I'd like to borrow this book; for how long?" — 两个星期 "Two weeks." 请按时还书 "Please return it on time."

Words in this lesson

• 图书馆 (tú shū guǎn) — library
• 安静 (ān jìng) — quiet
• 借 (jiè) — to borrow
• 还 (huán) — to return (sth)
• 久 (jiǔ) — long (time)
• 按时 (àn shí) — on time

还 has two readings: hái (still/also) and huán (return).

Project: Visit a library (or /library) and note one book title in Chinese.