At the Store: a Chinese dialogue with translation
Anna picks out some clothes and asks how much they cost. HSK 1, 9 sentences, 68 characters. Tap a line to see the translation, tap the icon to hear it.
在商店 zài shāngdiàn
Translation
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Shop assistant: Hello! What would you like to buy?
Anna: I'd like to buy a piece of clothing.
Shop assistant: How about this one? It's very pretty.
Anna: It looks great! How much is it?
Shop assistant: This one is three hundred yuan.
Anna: That's too expensive! Do you have anything a little cheaper?
Shop assistant: Yes, that one is a hundred and eighty yuan.
Anna: That one looks nice too. I'll take that one.
Shop assistant: All right, thank you! Goodbye!
HSK 1 words in this text
- 您nínyou (polite)
- 要yàowant, be going to
- 买mǎibuy
- 什么shénmewhat, which
- 我wǒI, me
- 想xiǎngwant; miss, think of
- 一yīone
- 件jiànmeasure word (clothing)
- 衣服yīfuclothes
- 这zhèthis
- 怎么样zěnmeyànghow (is it)
- 很hěnvery
- 漂亮piàoliangbeautiful
- 好看hǎokàngood-looking
- 多少duōshaohow many, how much
- 钱qiánmoney
- 三sānthree
- 百bǎihundred
- 块kuàiyuan (spoken); piece
- 太tàitoo
- 贵guìexpensive
- 了leparticle "already"
- 有yǒuhave, there is
- 便宜piányicheap
- 一点儿yìdiǎnra little
- 的departicle "of, -'s"
- 吗mayes/no question particle
- 那nàthat
- 八bāeight
- 十shíten
- 也yěalso, too
- 谢谢xièxiethank you
- 再见zàijiàngoodbye
Questions on the text
What does Anna want to buy?
Clothes.
How much is the first item?
Three hundred yuan.
How much is the item she buys?
A hundred and eighty yuan.
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