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Lesson 36
Length (B)

The Chinese don’t use foot or mile to show the length. They have their own measures such as Li , Zhang, Chi and Cun. One Li equals to half a kilometer. Three Chi equal to one meter.
The vowel ü is written as u according to the Pinyin rules.

6. 10 centimeters longer.
长cháng1 0shí厘lí-米mǐ。
7. How tall are you?
你nǐ多duō高gāo?
8. I’m 1.71 centimeters.
我wǒ1yì米mǐ7qī1yī。
9. How far is it to the hotel?
旅lǚ-馆guǎn有yǒu多duō远yüǎn?
10. About 20 Li, that is 10 kilometers.
大dà-约yüē2èr-0shí里lǐ,就jiù是shì1 0shí公gōng-里lǐ。