Daily Chinese for Factory: Forklift safety rules
Build confidence in your workplace Chinese conversations. Study 'Forklift safety rules' and practice crucial vocabulary including '叉车' (Forklift) and '操作证' (Operator's licence).
Topic: Daily Chinese for Factory (Workplace Mandarin)
1. Original Dialogue
A: 师傅，我可以操作叉车吗？
B: 你有叉车操作证吗？没有证不能开。
A: 我有证，上个月考到的。
B: 好，操作前要先检查叉车的刹车和灯。
A: 有行人在附近时，叉车速度要多慢？
B: 有行人时速度不能超过每小时五公里。
A: 叉车不用时要停在哪里？
B: 停在指定停放区，放下货叉并关引擎。
2. Dialogue Details & Translation
A: 师傅，我可以操作叉车吗？
Shīfu, wǒ kěyǐ cāozuò chāchē ma?
Boss, can I operate the forklift?
B: 你有叉车操作证吗？没有证不能开。
Nǐ yǒu chāchē cāozuò zhèng ma? Méiyǒu zhèng bù néng kāi.
Do you have a forklift operator's licence? Without a licence you cannot operate it.
A: 我有证，上个月考到的。
Wǒ yǒu zhèng, shàng ge yuè kǎo dào de.
I have a licence, I got it last month.
B: 好，操作前要先检查叉车的刹车和灯。
Hǎo, cāozuò qián yào xiān jiǎnchá chāchē de shāchē hé dēng.
Good, before operating you must first check the forklift's brakes and lights.
A: 有行人在附近时，叉车速度要多慢？
Yǒu xíngrén zài fùjìn shí, chāchē sùdù yào duō màn?
When there are pedestrians nearby, how slow should the forklift go?
B: 有行人时速度不能超过每小时五公里。
Yǒu xíngrén shí sùdù bù néng chāoguò měi xiǎoshí wǔ gōnglǐ.
When there are pedestrians, speed cannot exceed five kilometers per hour.
A: 叉车不用时要停在哪里？
Chāchē bú yòng shí yào tíng zài nǎlǐ?
Where should the forklift be parked when not in use?
B: 停在指定停放区，放下货叉并关引擎。
Tíng zài zhǐdìng tíngfàng qū, fàng xià huò chā bìng guān yǐnqíng.
Park it in the designated parking area, lower the forks and turn off the engine.
3. Key Vocabulary
叉车 chāchē: Forklift
操作证 cāozuò zhèng: Operator's licence
考到 kǎo dào: Pass (a test / get a licence)
刹车 shāchē: Brakes
行人 xíngrén: Pedestrian
附近 fùjìn: Nearby
超过 chāoguò: Exceed
公里 gōnglǐ: Kilometer
停放区 tíngfàng qū: Parking area
货叉 huò chā: Forks (of a forklift)
引擎 yǐnqíng: Engine
指定 zhǐdìng: Designated
放下 fàng xià: Lower / put down
上个月 shàng ge yuè: Last month
速度 sùdù: Speed
4. Grammar & Sentence Structures
没有...不能... (without... cannot...)
This structure means a required condition (licence, etc.) must be present.
Example: 没有证不能开叉车。
Méiyǒu zhèng bù néng kāi chāchē.
Without a licence you cannot operate the forklift.
速度不能超过... (speed cannot exceed...)
超过 sets an upper limit — the speed must stay below this level.
Example: 速度不能超过每小时五公里。
Sùdù bù néng chāoguò měi xiǎoshí wǔ gōnglǐ.
Speed cannot exceed five kilometers per hour.
5. Practice Exercises
Question 1: 操作叉车需要什么？
A. 老板的口头允许
B. 叉车操作证
C. 至少三年工作经验
D. 参加安全培训
Answer: B. 叉车操作证
Explanation: You must have a forklift operator's licence to operate the forklift.
Question 2: 操作前需要检查什么？
A. 油位和气压
B. 刹车和灯
C. 速度和温度
D. 货叉和引擎
Answer: B. 刹车和灯
Explanation: Before operating, check the forklift's brakes and lights.
Question 3: 有行人时，叉车速度最多是多少？
A. 每小时三公里
B. 每小时五公里
C. 每小时八公里
D. 每小时十公里
Answer: B. 每小时五公里
Explanation: When pedestrians are nearby, speed cannot exceed five kilometers per hour.
Question 4: 叉车停放时要怎样？
A. 停在任何地方
B. 停在指定停放区并放下货叉关引擎
C. 停在门口
D. 停在工人休息区
Answer: B. 停在指定停放区并放下货叉关引擎
Explanation: Park in the designated area, lower the forks and turn off the engine.
Question 5: Fill in: 操作前要先检查刹车和 ___。
A. 速度
B. 灯
C. 燃料
D. 重量
Answer: B. 灯
Explanation: 灯 means lights. Check brakes and lights before operating.