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LESSON 19 · HSK 2
买东西
Going Shopping — Handle prices in hundreds and thousands, bargain and buy gifts
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Vocabulary 词汇
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mài 卖
to sell
piányi 便宜
cheap
gōngjīn 公斤
kilogram
yuán 元
yuan (currency unit)
bǎi 百
hundred
qiān 千
thousand
chuān 穿
to wear
shǒubiǎo 手表
wristwatch
sòng 送
to give (as a gift); to see off
gěi 给
to give / for
bié 别
don't
jiàn 件
for clothes
zài 再
again
yánsè 颜色
color
bái 白
white
hēi 黑
black
hóng 红
red
Dot: green = known, gold = learning, none = new
Grammar 语法
Price per unit: 多少钱一 + measure
？— 。
Chinese puts the price first and the unit second: 十块一公斤 = ten kuai per kilo. 元 (yuán) is the written unit; in speech people say 块 (kuài).
Big numbers: 百 and 千
(350) / (2,000)
百 = hundred, 千 = thousand. Use 两 instead of 二 before 百 and 千: 两百, 两千. A zero in the middle is spoken: 一百零五 (105).
Don't: 别 + verb
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别 (bié) = don't. It's softer and more common in speech than 不要. 别客气 = you're welcome / don't be polite.
For someone: 给 + person + verb
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给 before a person means 'for / to'. 送给 = give as a gift: 这是我送给你的. 给 can also be the main verb: 给我 = give me.
Sentences 句子
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How much is watermelon per kilo?
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This watch is 1,200 yuan.
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Too expensive — can you make it a bit cheaper?
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Don't buy this one; you look better in red.
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I want to buy Mom a birthday present.
Dialogue 对话
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Hi, how much is this watch?
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2,800 yuan.
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Too expensive! Make it cheaper.
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2,500 — that's as low as I can go.
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Okay. I'm giving it to my husband.
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He'll definitely love it!