In this dialogue, Xiaoming shows off his shiny new phone.
小红：小明，你的手机是新的吗？
小明：是的！我昨天买的。你看，很漂亮！
小红：真好看！多少钱？
小明：不太贵，八百块。
小红：哇，很便宜！在哪儿买的？
小明：在学校旁边的商店。
小红：我也想买一个。你能帮我吗？
小明：好的，没问题！明天我们一起去。
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| <p>手机 | shǒu jī | phone/cellphone |
| 新 | xīn | new |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 漂亮 | piào liang5 | pretty/beautiful |
| 多少钱 | duō shǎo qián | how much money |
| 便宜 | pián yi5 | cheap |
| 商店 | shāng diàn | store/shop |
| 旁边 | páng biān | next to/beside |
| 帮 | bāng | to help |
| 一起 | yì qǐ | together</p> |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 红 | Hóng | surname Hong |
| 明 | Míng | Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God |
| 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.) |
| 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… |
| 手 | shǒu | hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 机 | Jī | surname Ji |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] |
| 吗 | má | (coll.) what? |
| 是的 | shì de | yes, that's right; variant of 似的[shi4 de5] |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
| 看 | kān | to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 真 | zhēn | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 好看 | hǎo kàn | good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 太 | tài | highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely |
| 贵 | Guì | short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1] |
| 八 | bā | eight |
| 百 | Bǎi | surname Bai |
| 块 | kuài | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 哇 | wa | Wow!; sound of vomiting |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 哪 | nǎ | how; which |
| 儿 | ér | child; son |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school; CL:所[suo3] |
| 也 | Yě | surname Ye |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) |
| 一个 | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 能 | Néng | surname Neng |
| 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); (… |
| 没问题 | méi wèn tí | no problem |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part);… |
Xiaohong: Xiaoming, is your phone new?
Xiaoming: Yes! I bought it yesterday. Look, it’s very pretty!
Xiaohong: So nice-looking! How much was it?
Xiaoming: Not too expensive, eight hundred yuan.
Xiaohong: Wow, that’s cheap! Where did you buy it?
Xiaoming: At the store next to the school.
Xiaohong: I also want to buy one. Can you help me?
Xiaoming: Sure, no problem! Let’s go together tomorrow.