Lesson 11.1
Shopping for fruit
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Shopping for fruit
- Bargaining
- 怎么样 for making suggestions and asking for opinions
- How much is one 斤(half a Kilo)?
- 得要 must/ require
老lăo 板băn owner of a shop
这zhè 个ge this one
那nà 个ge that one
卖mài to sell
买măi to buy
香xiāng 蕉jiāo banana
一yì 斤jīn half a Kilo
多duō 少shăo how much/ how many
钱qián money
块kuài piece; measure word
贵guì expensive
苹píng 果guǒ apple
要yào to want
几jǐ 斤jīn ？How many ‘jin’?
怎zěn 么me 样yàng? what do you think?
算suàn to calculate
算suàn 你nǐ (special) price to you
还hái 是shì still
A 还hái 是shì B A or B
几jǐ 斤jīn 。Some ‘jin’
来lái used when you order
得děi have to 要yào want
得děi 要yào to require/ must
不bù 行xíng not allowed/ no way
赔péi to lose/ to compensate
Lesson 11.2
Buying clothes
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
In a clothes shop, buying a birthday present for your younger brother
- Don’t know what to do
- 的 as in the relative clause, for example: the present that I bought
- 多used as ‘how’ in ‘how old’ and ‘how heavy’
- What size are you? (clothes)
服fú 装zhuāng costume/ clothes
店diàn shop
看kàn 一yí 看kàn to have a look
不bù 知zhī 道dào 买măi 什shé么me 。
给gěi to give
自zì 己jǐ self
送sòng to give (a present)
人rén someone else (not self)
生shēng 日rì birthday
礼lǐ 物wù a present
多duó 大dà how big/ how old
多duó 高gāo how tall
米mǐ meter
多duó 重zhòng how heavy
件jiàn measure word for counting clothes
毛máo 衣yī sweater/ cardigan
中zhōng 号hào size M
穿chuān to wear
Lesson 11.3
More shopping for clothes
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
Clothes shopping II
- Verb 一 Verb, with trying connotation, for example 穿一穿
- 好是好，可是….., It’s good but
- Vocabulary for clothes
可kě 惜xí what a pity
羊yáng 毛máo wool
当dāng 然rán of course
贵guì 些xiē a bit more expensive
便pián 宜yí cheap/ inexpensive
件jiàn measure word for clothing
衬chèn 衫shān shirt
花huā flower; colorful
可kě 是shì but
条tiáo measure word for trousers
裤kù 子zi trousers
裙qún 子zi skirt
素sù 素sù 的de opposite from’花‘
只zhǐ only
穿chuān to wear
牛niú 仔zăi 裤kù jeans
外wài 套tào long jacket
配pèi to match
好hăo 看kàn looking good
不bú 错cuò not bad
有yǒu there is/ there are/ to have
没méi 有yǒu there isn’t/ there aren’t/ haven’t
最zuì 后hòu the last
Audio Review
The help you consolidate what you have learned in this unit, we have put together a quick audio review recording. The audio review will help you with your listening comprehension and remind you of some Chinese sentence patterns and vocabulary.