Tǎo Jià Huán Jià 讨 价 还 价 Bargaining
Subject When shopping in China, sometimes you can bargain and get an item at a lower price. But how do you bargain, and how can you ask for a discount?
重点词 Key Words 那个 nèi ge pron. that one 旁边 pang biān n. beside 再 zài adv. again 贵 guì adj. expensive 便宜 pián yi adj. cheap 太……了 tài ……le adv. too 折 zhé n. discount
会话示例 Dialogue Key Sentences 1) Shì pang biān nèi ge. 是 旁 边 那 个。 The one beside it.
2) Néng bu néng pián yi diǎn? 能 不 能 便 宜 点? Can you lower the price?
3) Hái shì tài guì le. 还 是 太 贵 了。 It's still too expensive.
I (Miss Wang and Sherry are at a bookstore.) Fú wù yuán, zhèi běn shū duō shao qián? Sherry: 服 务 员 , 这 本 书 多 少 钱 ? How much is the book? sì shí kuài shop assistant: 四 十 块 Forty yuan. sì shí kuài , tài guì le. Miss Wang: 四 十 块 , 太 贵 了。 Forty yuan! It's too expensive. Néng bu néng pián yi diǎn? Sherry : 能 不 能 便 宜 点? Can you give me a lower price? Kě yǐ, dàn zuì dī zhǐ néng jiǔ zhé . shop assistant: 可 以, 但 最 低 只 能 九 折。 Sure, ten percent off lowest. Jiǔ zhé, jiù shì…… Sherry : 九 折, 就 是…… Ten percent off. That is… sān shí liù kuài shop assistant: 三 十 六 块 Thirty-six yuan . Ò, hái shì tài guì le. Sherry: 哦, 还 是 太 贵 了。 Oh, it's still expensive.
Ⅱ (At a vender's.) Lǎo bǎn, zhè ge duō shao qián? Customer: 老 板, 这 个 多 少 钱? Excuse me, sir. How much is this? Yi bǎi liù. Vender: 一 百 六。 A hundred and fifty. Tài guì le, pián yi yì diǎn ba。 Customer: 太 贵 了, 便 宜 一 点 吧! It's too expensive. Can I have a lower price? Zuì dī yì bǎi èr。 Vender: 最 低 一 百 二。 A hundred yuan at least. Bā shí ba. Customer: 八 十 吧。 What about eighty? Bù xíng, bù xíng. Vender: 不 行, 不 行。 Sorry. Wǒ men bú yào le, zǒu ba. Customer: 我 们 不 要 了, 走 吧。 We don't want it. Let's go then.
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