In this short dialogue, Xiaohua navigates the process of buying, and paying for, apples and bananas.
小华：你好！苹果多少钱？
老板：一个苹果两块钱。
小华：好的。我要三个苹果。这个香蕉呢？
老板：香蕉一块五。你要几个？
小华：我要五个香蕉。一共多少钱？
老板：苹果六块，香蕉七块五。一共十三块五。
小华：好，给你钱。谢谢！
老板：不客气！再见！
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| <p>苹果 | píng guǒ | apple |
| 香蕉 | xiāng jiāo | banana |
| 多少钱 | duō shǎo qián | how much money |
| 块 | kuài | yuan (spoken) |
| 一共 | yí gòng | altogether |
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | boss/shopkeeper |
| 要 | yào | to want |
| 几个 | jǐ gè | how many</p> |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 华 | Huá | abbr. for China |
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]); you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) |
| 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (… |
| 苹 | píng | (artemisia); duckweed; used in 蘋果|苹果[ping2 guo3] |
| 果 | guǒ | fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really |
| 一个 | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 两 | liǎng | two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) |
| 钱 | Qián | surname Qian |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 三 | Sān | surname San |
| 个 | gě | used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; variant of 個|个[ge4] |
| 这个 | zhè ge | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation… |
| 一块 | yī kuài | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2 gan3 zhe4 yi1 kuai4] "the emotional aspec… |
| 五 | wǔ | five; 5 |
| 六 | lìu | six; 6 |
| 七 | qī | seven; 7 |
| 十三 | shí sān | thirteen; 13 |
| 给 | gěi | to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier) |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | to thank; thanks; thank you |
| 不客气 | bù kè qi | you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, an… |
| 见 | jiàn | to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view |
Xiaohua: Hello! How much are the apples?
Boss: Two yuan for one apple.
Xiaohua: Okay. I want three apples. What about these bananas?
Boss: Bananas are one yuan fifty. How many do you want?
Xiaohua: I want five bananas. How much is it altogether?
Boss: Apples are six yuan, bananas are seven yuan fifty. Altogether thirteen yuan fifty.
Xiaohua: Okay, here’s the money. Thank you!
Boss: You’re welcome! Goodbye!