 VOCABULARY LIST: 礼物 (lǐ wù) = “Gift” 衣服 (yī fú) = “Clothes” 买 (mǎi) = “Buy” 卖 (mài) = "Sell." 收银台 (Shōu yín tái) = “Cash register” •“收” means “accept” and “collect” •“银” means “silver”= “台” means “station” Putting it all together gives, literally, “a station that collects silver.” More practically, “a cash register.” 玩具 (wán jù) = “Toy” •“玩” means “play” •“具” means “an instrument or tool” Put it all together: “an instrument to be played it,” or more simply a “toy” 购物中心 (gòu wù zhòng xīn) = “Mall” “购物” means “shopping” "中心” means “center” Put it all together: “Shopping center” 多少钱? (Duōshǎo qián?) = “What is the cost?” “多少” means “how much” Separately, “多” means “many/much” and “少” means “little/less.” “钱” means “money” Put it all together: “How much money is ___,” or “What is the cost of___.” To ask about a specific object, place the noun before “多少钱.” For example, to ask “How much does this cost?” = “这一个多少钱?” 打折 (dǎ zhé) = “Discount” Sometimes stores would indicate how the item is discounted by using “打 折”, where the blank would have a numerical value. In English we often see signs like “10% off” or “25% off.” In Mandarin, the discount value written on the sign signals what percentage the current price is compared to the original price. 打九折 (or 打9折) means the current price is 90% of the original price, not off the original price. As another example, 打七折 (or 打7折) means the current price is 70% of the original price. 号 (hào) = “Size” 号 in general is not used by itself. Usually before this comes an adjective that describes what “size” it is. The common sizes are: “小”号 = “small” size, “中”号 = “medium” size, “大”号 = “large” size, and “特”大号 = “extra-large” size. Shoe sizes also are defined with 号. For example, a pair of size 7 shoes would be labeled as 七号 and a pair of size eight and a half would be labeled as 八号半. |
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