Alright faithful Transparent Chinese readers/viewers, the time has finally come… my first video post has arrived! Despite the weather here raining on my parade and my ideas for outdoor related videos, I still managed to put together something that I think is interesting and helpful for Chinese learners. To supplement your viewing, I typed up a vocabulary list to go along with the clip. In the video itself, there are subtitles with the 汉字 and 拼音 every time I 说汉语 (speak Chinese), but there’s no English. Below, I have included the subtitles from the video plus their English translations, in order to help you understand what is going on. Enjoy!

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今天是雨天
Jīn tiān shì yǔ tiān
Today is a rainy day (lit. – today is rain day)

这是周末， 所以我不想呆在家里
Zhè shì zhōu mò, suǒ yǐ wǒ bù xiǎng dāi zài jiā lǐ
It’s the weekend, so I don’t want to stay inside. (lit. – this is weekend, so I no want stay at home inside)

我有我的雨伞和我的雨衣
Wǒ yǒu wǒ de yǔ sǎn hé wǒ de yǔyī
I have my umbrella and my rain coat.

我们走吧
Wǒ men zǒu ba
Let’s go!

毛泽东
Máo Zé dōng
Chairman Mao Zedong

故宫
Gù gōng
The Forbidden City

天安门
Tiān ān mén
Tiananmen Square

前门地铁站
Qián mén dì tiě zhàn
Qianmen Subway Station

北京规划展览馆
Běi jīng guī huà zhǎn lǎn guǎn
Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall

北京是非常大的城市
Běi jīng shì fēi cháng dà de chéng shì
Beijing is a very big city.

北京猿人
Běi jīng yuán rén
Peking Man

北京历史悠久
Běi jīng lì shǐ yōu jiǔ
Beijing has a long history (lit. – Beijing history long)

过去，现在，未来
guò qù, xiàn zài, wèi lái
past, present, future

运输
yùn shū
transportation

鸟巢
niǎo cháo
Bird’s Nest (National Staidum)

水立方
shuǐ lì fāng
Water Cube (National Aquatics Center)

北京商务区
Běijīng shāngwù qū
Beijing Central Business District