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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 22

这个多少钱 How much is this

Zhège duōshao qián

Money & shopping vocabulary.

Dialogue

多少钱 — How much

文山大dà友yǒu, 这zhè个ge多duō少shǎo钱qián? Da You, how much is this?
大友十shí块kuài五wǔ毛máo. 10.50 yuan.
文山那nà个ge呢ne? And that one?
大友那nà个ge二èr十shí元yuán. That's 20 yuan.
文山我wǒ想xiǎng买mǎi这zhè个ge. 也yě想xiǎng买mǎi票piào. I want this. Also a ticket.
大友票piào一yì百bǎi块kuài. 都dōu是shì一yì百bǎi一yī十shí块kuài五wǔ毛máo. Ticket is 100 yuan. All together: 110.50.

Dialogue

商店里 — At the shop

白月商shāng店diàn里lǐ卖mài什shén么me? What does the shop sell?
大友卖mài水shuǐ果guǒ, 也yě卖mài牛niú奶nǎi. Fruit, and also milk.
白月我wǒ想xiǎng买mǎi一yì些xiē水shuǐ果guǒ. I want to buy some fruit.
大友好hǎo的de. 这zhè些xiē水shuǐ果guǒ三sān块kuài一yí个gè. OK. This fruit is 3 yuan each.
白月我wǒ要yào五wǔ个gè. 谢xiè谢xiè! I want five. Thanks!

Vocabulary

钱qián: noun money
块kuài: measure word yuan (informal); chunk
毛máo: measure word jiao (1/10 yuan)
元yuán: measure word yuan (formal)
贵guì: adjective expensive
多duō少shǎo: pronoun how many (revisit)
买mǎi: verb to buy
卖mài: verb to sell
商shāng店diàn: noun shop
商shāng场chǎng: noun mall
票piào: noun ticket

New characters

毛máo: jiao; hair
元yuán: yuan
元宵 Yuánxiāo — Lantern Festival; sweet rice ball
买mǎi: buy
买到 mǎi dào — managed to buy买东西 mǎi dōngxi — buy things; shop (recall Bk1)
票piào: ticket
车票 chēpiào — vehicle ticket (train / bus)机票 jīpiào — plane ticket
百bǎi: hundred
一百 yì bǎi — one hundred二百 èr bǎi — two hundred三百 sān bǎi — three hundred
商shāng: merchant
商店 shāngdiàn — shop商场 shāngchǎng — mall
店: shop (recall Bk1)
商店 shāngdiàn — shop酒店 jiǔdiàn — hotel饭店 fàndiàn — restaurant (recall Bk1)
卖mài: sell
卖完 mài wán — sold out
贵guì: expensive
场: (in 机场 / 商场)
商场 shāngchǎng — mall机场 jīchǎng — airport飞机场 fēijīchǎng — airport (full form; 机场 is the short form)

Hanzi — writing & recognition

钱

qián money Writing

10 strokes left-right radical 钅

块

kuài piece; yuan Writing

7 strokes left-right

元

yuán yuan Writing

4 strokes standalone

买

mǎi buy Writing

6 strokes top-bottom

毛

máo jiao; hair Recognition

4 strokes standalone

贵

guì expensive Recognition

9 strokes top-bottom

卖

mài sell Recognition

8 strokes top-bottom

票

piào ticket Recognition

11 strokes top-bottom

商

shāng merchant Recognition

11 strokes top-bottom

Grammar

Money — 块 / 毛 / 元

Explanation

Chinese currency: 元 (formal yuan), 块 (informal yuan), 毛 (1/10 yuan, informal). 五块 = 5 yuan; 五块五毛 = 5.50; 五元 = 5 yuan (formal). Asking: 多少钱?

Examples

这个多少钱? How much is this?
十shí块kuài五wǔ毛máo. 10.50 yuan.
我想买票. I want to buy a ticket.
商shāng店diàn里lǐ卖mài什shén么me? What does the shop sell?

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