Centre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
University of Oxford

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Basic Spoken Mandarin

5. shopping 

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New words New phrases Additional phrases and words
This 这 How much is this? 这个多少钱？ Many 多
[A common measure word for objects] 个 Is this for sale? 这个卖不卖? few 少
How much 多少 It's too expensive. 太贵了 That 那
Money 钱 Do you have anything cheaper? 有便宜的吗？ Big 大
Sell 卖 I'm not going to buy this. 不买 Small 小
Extremely, too 太     No good 不好
Expensive 贵 I am having a look 我看看 1，2，3，4，5，6，7，8，9,  10 1，2，3，4，5，6，7，8，9,10，
Cheap, reasonable (price) 便宜 What would you like (to buy)? 买什么 Hundred 百
[A sentence particle implies excessiveness] 了     I, me 我
Buy 买        

Exercises

How do you say

How much is that? This is too expensive. That is too big. Do you have anything cheaper? Is this for sale? I don't have much money. This one is no good, that one is good.

It's too much / many.

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