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Here's Your Change

Intermediate 1 • 11 Words

Making a purchase in Chinese can often mean a lot of important language flying by at lighting speed. In part six of the 7-part series, 'Shopping at the Clothing Store', follow along with Yang Kai and Zhang Ting as they hand over their cash and master the important language of buying and selling.

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		Word	Definition	Fluency
		总共 zǒng gòng (adv.) all together; in total; in sum	(adv.) all together; in total; in sum
		刚刚 gāng gāng (adv.) just now	(adv.) just now
		还 hái (adv.) even	(adv.) even
		打折 dǎ zhé (verb) to discount; to reduce the price (to)	(verb) to discount; to reduce the price (to)
		还没 hái méi (adv.) not yet	(adv.) not yet
		算 suàn (verb) to calculate; to count	(verb) to calculate; to count
		打。。。折 dǎ … zhé (verb) to pay x% of the original price; to reduce the price (to)	(verb) to pay x% of the original price; to reduce the price (to)
		现金 xiàn jīn (noun) cash	(noun) cash
		A + 还是 + B A + hái shì + B (conj.) or; (A) or (B)?	(conj.) or; (A) or (B)?
		给 gěi (verb) to give	(verb) to give
		找。。。钱 zhǎo … qián (verb) to return change	(verb) to return change

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OK, this one is four hundred and fifty.

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This one is six hundred and twenty kuai.

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Altogether it's one thousand seventy.

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Huh, didn't you just say we could have a discount?

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Oh, yes, I haven't finished calculating it yet.

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After a fifteen percent discount it's, altogether it's nine hundred and ten kuai.

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Will you be paying with cash or a credit card?

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I'll pay with cash.

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Here's one thousand kuai.

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OK, thanks! Here's your ninety kuai in change.

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Thanks!

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Take care!

Here's Your Change

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