Lesson 16

 

       

 

Going shopping

 

zai4 shang1chang3

在 商 场

At a big department store

 

nin2 mai3 shen2me5?

您 买 什么 ?

What would you like to buy?

 

Wo3 xiang3 mai3 yi1tiao2 ku4zi5

我 想 买 一条 裤子

I would like to buy a pair of trousers

 

Zhe4tiao2 ku4zi5 duo1shao3qian2

这 条 裤子 多少 钱 ?

How much are these trousers?

 

Jiu3shi2ba1 kuai4 wu3 mao2.

985 毛。

98,5 yen

 

Tai4 gui4 le.

太贵了。

That's really expensive!

 

Zhe4tiao2 pian2yi5.

这条 便宜。

That's cheap

 

Zhe4tiao2 duo1shao3qian2

这条 多少 钱 ?

How much is this?

 

Wu3shi2wu3 kuai4.

55 块。

55 yen

 

Wo3 yao4 zhe4tiao2.

我 要 这条。

I'll buy these

 

Vocabulary

English

Chinese (phonetic)

Chinese (written)

     

To buy

Mai3

To sell

Mai4

Shop

Shang1dian4

商店

Department store

Shang1chang3

商场

To need

Yao4

Clothes

Yi1fu5

衣服

Trousers

Ku4zi5

裤子

Present

Li3pin3

礼品

How much

Duo1shao3

多少

Money

Qian2

Euro

Ou1yuan2

欧元

Yen

Yuan2 (kuai4)

() *

10 cents

Jiao3 (mao2)

() *

Cent

Fen1

Cheap

Pian2yi5

便宜

Expensive

Gui4

Very expensive

Tai4gui4

太贵

* Colloquial form

 

Chinese Character of the day

yu3 (rain).