Dialogues

1. 怎么办借书证?Zěnme bàn jièshūzhèng?
How do I apply for a library card? And how do I join the library?
library in Chinese it’s 图书馆 túshūɡuǎn.
Library card in Chinese is借书证 jièshūzhèng.
借书 jiè shū, lending books.
证 zhèng, literally means certificate. Here it means card.
how do you join the library? You can say 怎么办借书证?
怎么 zěnme means how.
办 bàn, apply for.
借书证 jièshūzhèng, library card.
怎么办借书证? How do I apply for a library card? And how do I join the library?

2. 这些书可以外借吗?Zhèxiē shū kěyǐ wài jiè ma?
Can I borrow these books?

Now you’ve got a library card, so let’s get down to the business of borrowing some books. Can I borrow these books? You need to ask 这些书可以外借吗?
这些书 zhèxiē shū, these books, as "书 shū" means books.
可以 kěyǐ, be allowed to do something.
外借 wài jiè, means to borrow.

3. 这儿有外文书刊报纸吗?Zhèr yǒu wàiwén shūkān bàozhǐ ma?
Do you have any foreign books and newspapers?
Let’s catch up on a bit of news, so do you have any foreign books and newspapers? Let’s ask the librarian 这儿有外文书刊报纸吗?
这儿 zhèr, means here, at this library.
有 yǒu, means to have.
外文 wàiwén, foreign.
书刊 shūkān, means books and periodicals.
报纸 bàozhǐ, newspapers.
这儿有外文书刊报纸吗? Do you have any foreign books and newspapers?

4. 点击这儿。Diǎnjī zhèr.
Click here.
点击 diǎnjī, means to click , 这儿 zhèr, means here.