Shopping

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Shopping

• --Ask about price
• Negotiation
• --Ask about size

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Ask about price How much?
???? (duo shao qián)
? qián
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???rénmínbì (RMB)
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Numbers

• 110
• ? (yi), ? (èr), ? (san), ?(sì), ?(wu), ?( liù),
  ?(qi), ?(ba), ?(jiu), ? (shí)
• Tens
• ??(èrshí) , ??(sanshí)
• Hundreds ? (bai)
• ??(yìbai), ?(liang)?, ??
• Dollar ? (yuán)

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100

• ? ?
• yì bai

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50
? ? wu shí
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20
? ? èr shí
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10
? Shí
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Dont know how to say numbers?
Butyou still need to learn some Chinese..
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??(zhè gè, this)
?? (nà gè, that)
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Practice

• A (??/??)????
• zhègè/nàgè duo shao qián?
• (How much is this/that?)
• B ??

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Too expensive!
???! (tài guì le)
40
500
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A bit Cheaper?
500!! 250 ?
?? ??? (pián yí yì dian)?
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Your answers to the final price?
OK, I want it! ?(hao)! ? ?(wo yào)
I do not want it!? ??(wo bú yào)
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Conversation
A ??/?????? (How much is this/that?) zhè
gè/nà gè duo shao qián? B 100 (yì bai)! A
????!? (A bit Cheaper!?) piányí yi
dian B 50 (wu shí) A ???! ??? ! (Too
expensive! I do not want it!) tài guì le! wo
bú yào! or ?, ??! (OK, I want it!) hao, wo
yào!
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Tips to bargain

• Everything in China is negotiable?
• No bargain in department stores
• 3 for 10? 2 for 50?
• 2. Use gestures
• 3. No need to try on clothes (but you need to
• know what size works for you)
• 4. Dont show interest in a specific item
• 5. Start low (50 off) and read response

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Ask about size
A ?L/M/S?? you L/M/S ma? (Do you have
L/M/S?) B ? you (Yes/have) ??! méi you
(No/dont have)
??(dàhào) large, ??(zhonghào)medium,
??(xiaohào) small