Words Character Pinyin English zài at; in; on guāngpán CD yīnyuè music shāngchăng market; shopping mall shāng trade; commerce chángcháng often cháng often gēn with/to follow yŏumíng famous shū book bào newspaper bĕnzi notebook nàr there Liáng Zhù (Chinese violin concerto) xiānsheng Mr.; sir yào to want shīfu master worker xiāngjiāopíngguŏ apple with a banana taste xiāngjiāo banana píngguŏ apple duìbuqĭ I m sorry zĕnme how róngyì easy pútao grape qián money jīn kuài (qián) máo (qián) measure word of weight; 500g measure word of basic Chinese monetary unit; 10 measure word of Chinese monetary unit; 1/10 guì expensive; precious Page 1 of 5
zuò to be; to make fēn (qián) measure word of Chinese monetary unit; 1/100 sòng to give (as a present) gĕi to give zhăo (qián) to give change yuán ; used in written language bĭ pen zhī fèn bĕn measure word for stick-like things such as pens measure word for publications such as newspapers measure word for books and notebooks bēi cup of shòuhuòyuán shop assistant zuòjiā writer piányi cheap; inexpensive shūdiàn book store tìyùguăn gym mài to sell Page 2 of 5
Phrases Character Pinyin English Dàwéi, nĭ zài zhèr măi shénme? Wŏ măi yīnyuè guānpán. I m buying a music CD. Nĭ chángcháng lái zhèr ma? Do you come here often? Wŏ bù cháng lái zhèr. I don t come here often. Xīngqītiān wŏ chángcháng gēn Lín Nà qù xiăo shāngchăng. Dawei, what are you buying here? Sunday I often go to a small market with Lin Na. Zhè ge shāngchăng hĕn dà. This market is very big. Nĭ xĭhuan shénme yīnyuè? What music do you like? Wŏ xĭhuan Zhōngguó yīnyuè. I like Chinese music. Zhè zhāng guāngpán What do you think about this zĕnmeyàng? CD? Zhè zhāng hĕn hăo, shì Liáng Zhù, hĕn yŏumíng. This CD is very good, it is Liang Zhu, very famous. Hăo, wŏ măi zh zhāng. Good, I will buy this CD. Zhèr yŏu méiyŏu shū hé bào? Are there books and newspapers here? Zhèr méiyŏu shū, yĕ méiyŏu bào. Bĕnzi ne? And notebooks? Yŏu, zài nàr măi? Where can I buy them? Gēn wŏ lái, wŏ yĕ măi bĕnzi. This place doesn t have books, also doesn t have newspapers. Follow me, I also sell notebooks. Xiānsheng, nín yào shénme? Mr, what do you want? Nĭ hăo, shīfu. Qĭngwèn, zhè shì shénme? Nín bú rènshi ma? Zhè shì xiāngjiāopíngguŏ. Duìbuqĭ, wŏ xiăng wèn: zhè ge Hànyŭ zĕnme shuō? À, nín shì wàiguó rén. Nín zài năr gōngzuò? Hello, master worker. May I ask, what is this? You don t know? This is an apple with banana taste. Sorry, I would like to ask: how do you say this in Chinese? Ah, you are a foreigner. Where do you work? Page 3 of 5
Lesson 10 Wŏ zài Yŭyán Xuéyuàn xuéxí. Nín xuéxí Hànyŭ, shì bú shì? Nín gēn wŏ xué, hĕn ròngyì: zhè jiào xiāngjiāo, zhè jiào xiāngjiāopíngguŏ, zhè yĕ shì píngguŏ, nà shì pútao Xiāngjiāo, píngguŏ, xiāngjiāopíngguŏ, yì jīn píngguŏ duōshao qián? I am studying at the Language Institute. You study Chinese, right? You with me learn, easily: this is called a banana, this is called apple with banana taste, this is also an apple, that is a grape Banana, apple, apple with banana taste, how much for 500g of apples? Yì jīn sān kuài èr máo qián. 500g is 3 yuan 2 mao. Nín de píngguŏ zhēn guì. Yì jīn sān kuài èr bú guì. Nín kàn, wŏ de píngguŏ dà. Hăo, zuò ge péngyou, sān kuài qián yì jīn. Yì jīn xiāngjiāo duōshao qián? Liăng kuài qī máo wŭ fēn yì jīn, wŭ kuài qián liăng jīn. Wŏ măi sān jīn xiāngjiāo hé liăng jīn xiāngjiāopíngguŏ. Yígòng shísì kuài qián. Zài sòng nín yí ge píngguŏ. Nín hái yào shénme? Bú yào le, xièxie. Gĕi nĭ qián. Hăo, nín gĕi wŏ èrshí kuài qián, wŏ zhăo nín liù kuài qián. Zàijiàn. Zàijiàn! Goodbye! You apples are really expensive. 500g at 3 yuan 2 is not expensive. Look, my apples are big. Well, to make a friend, 3 yuan for 500g. How much for 500g of bananas? 2 yuan 7 mao 5 fen for 500g, 5 yuan for 1kg. I will buy 1.5kg of bananas and 1kg of apples with banana taste. Altogether that is 14 yuan. I ll give you one apple for free. Would you like anything? No thank you. Here is your money. Well, you gave me 20 yuan, I give you 6 yuan change. Goodbye. Page 4 of 5
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