Chinese Post Office Vocabulary

In this post I cover some basic Chinese dialogue, phrases and vocabulary for visiting the post office. If you’d like to learn more vocabulary check our my post on Chinese Vocabulary for Logistics.

Chinese Dialogue – At the Post Office

Finding the Post Office

[You]
duìburǎoxià,TT yóuzài?
Duìbùqǐ dǎrǎo yīxià, yóujú zài nǎlǐ?
Excuse me, where is the post office?

[Helpful stranger]
zàiyínhángdeduìmiàn.
Tā zài yínháng de duìmiàn
It’s opposite the bank

xièxie
Xièxiè
Thank you.

Chinese Dialogue: Posting a letter at the post office

[Post office worker]
zǎo'ān,néngwèima?
Zǎo ān, wǒ néng wéi nǐ fúwù ma?
Good morning, how can I help you?

[Customer]
yàofēnghángkōngxìndàoMěiguó,,qǐngwènyóuduōshǎo??

Wǒ yào jì yī fēng hángkōng xìn dào měiguó, qǐngwèn yóuzī duōshǎo?
I’d like to send a letter airmail to America. How much does it cost?

qǐngfàngzàichèngshàng.
Qǐng bǎ tā fàng zài chèng shàng.
Please put it on the scales.

mǎixìnfēngma?
wǒ yě kěyǐ mǎi xìnfēng ma?
Can I also buy an envelope?

hǎole,, yóupiào55yuán,,xìnfēng5500máo.
Hǎole, yóupiào 5 yuán, xìnfēng 50 máo. 
Okay, the letter is five Yuan, the stamps are 50 cents (five Mao).

quán55yuán55máo.//ssppaann>>
Quánbù 5 yuán 5 máo.
Altogether that is 50.5 Yuan

zhèjiùshì
Zhè jiùshì
Here you go

xièxie
Xièxiè
Thank you.

shénmeshíhouxìn?
shénme shíhòu qǔxìn?
When are the letters collected? (literally:: what time take letters)

tiānliǎng.shàng99::3300,xià22::3300
yītiān qǔ liǎng cì ma。shàngwǔ 9:30, Xiàwǔ 2:30
Two collections a day。At 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Chinese Dialogue: Collecting a parcel

[Customer]
zuótiānshōudàolebāoguǒtōngzhīdān.zàizhèrlǐngma??
zuótiān wǒ shōu dàole yīgè bāoguǒ tōngzhī dān. Zài zhè’er kěyǐ lǐngqǔ ma?

Yesterday I received a parcel notice. Can I get it here?

[Post office worker]
qǐnggěikànxiàníndetōngzhīdānzhèngjiànma..
qǐng gěi wǒ kàn yīxià nín de tōngzhī dān hé zhèngjiàn ma.

Please let me take a look at your notice and ID.

zhèshìdeshēnfènzhèngtōngzhīdān.
zhè shì wǒ de shēnfèn zhèng hé tōngzhī dān.

This is my ID card and notice.

qǐngxiānqiānshōu.
qǐng xiān qiānshōu.
Please sign first.

xièxie.
xièxiè.

Thank you. 

Chinese Vocabulary – At the Post Office

English Chinese Pinyin Pronunciations
Parcel bāoguǒ bāoguǒ
Post Office Box yóuxìnxiāng yóujú xìnxiāng
Post Box xìnxiāng xìnxiāng
Post office yóu yóujú
Post Office Manager yóujīng yóujú jīnglǐ
Sign qiānmíng qiānmíng
Pen gāng gāngbǐ
Pencil qiān qiānbǐ
Cardboard Box zhǐbǎnxiāng zhǐbǎn xiāng
Envelope xìnfēng xìnfēng
Scales chèng chèng
Airmail hángkōngxìn hángkōng xìn
Stamps yóupiào yóupiào
Send
Express (Mail) kuàijiàn kuàijiàn
Insurance bǎoxiǎn bǎoxiǎn
Identification zhèngjiànma zhèngjiàn ma

Chinese Phrases – At the Post Office

English Chinese Pinyin Pronunciations
Yes, I want to send this parcel to Shanghai xiǎngzhègebāoguǒwǎngShànghǎi wǒ xiǎng bǎ zhège bāoguǒ jì wǎng shànghǎi
I want to send this parcel to USA xiǎngbāoguǒdào wǒ xiǎng bǎ bāoguǒ jì dào
I want to send this parcel to Hong Kong xiǎngzhègebāoguǒXiānggǎng. wǒ xiǎng bǎ zhège bāoguǒ jì qù xiānggǎng.
How much is the rent for a post office box? yóuxìnxiāngdejīnshìduōshǎo? Yóujú xìnxiāng de zūjīn shì duōshǎo?
Please sign here qǐngzàizhèqiānmíng qǐng zài zhèlǐ qiānmíng
Please sign here for this parcel qǐngzàizhèrqiānmíng,,shōuzhègebāoguǒ qǐng zài zhè’er qiānmíng, shōuqǔ zhège bāoguǒ
I have a delivery for Mr Zhang zhāngXiānsheng,,nínyǒufènkuài zhāng xiānshēng, nín yǒuyī fèn kuàidì
You Internet order is coming today dewǎnggòudedōng西xijīntiānjiùhuìdào nǐ de wǎnggòu de dōngxī jīntiān jiù huì dào
My order is due tomorrow morning dedìngdānmíngtiānzǎoshangjiùhuìdào wǒ de dìngdān míngtiān zǎoshang jiù huì dào
Are there shipping charges? yàozhīyùnfèidema?? yào zhīfù yùnfèi de ma?
I used the overnight option chángshìguòtiāndàodekuài wǒ chángshìguò gé tiān dàodá de kuàidì fúwù
I’d like to send the parcel by airmail xiǎngkōngbāoguǒ wǒ xiǎng kōng jì gè bāoguǒ
Do you want it insured? yàoshàngbǎoxiǎnma? yào shàng bǎoxiǎn ma?
What are the contents? nèizhuāng? nèizhuāng hé wù?