Word on street
Pick up somebody
接人
Jiērén
A: I'm so tired today. Can you pick me up after work today?
今天人家好累。下班你来接我好不好?
(jīntiān rénjiā hǎolèi. xiàbān nǐ lái jiē wǒ hǎobùhǎo?)
B: There's bad traffic in the city. Probably it will take us forever to get back home by car. Why can't you take the subway?
唉,城里的车有多堵你又不是不知道。咱俩开车回家得开一辈子。你就坐地铁回家怎么不行?
(ài, chénɡlǐ de chē yǒu duōdǔ nǐ yòubùshì bùzhīdào. zánliǎ kāichē huíjiā děi kāi yībèizi. nǐ jiù zuòdìtiě huíjiā zěnme bùxínɡ?)
A: Fine. Fine. You're just too lazy.
行吧行吧。你就懒吧你。
(xínɡba xínɡba. nǐ jiù lǎn ba nǐ.)