Why leave your couch when the entire mall can come to you? In this passage, we learn some easy vocabulary related to mobile shopping.
我有一个手机。手机里有一个APP(应用)。这个app里有很多东西:有衣服,有书,有水果,也有电脑。
今天我想买一件衣服。我打开APP,看见很多衣服。有红色的,有白色的,也有黑色的。我喜欢白色的。这件白色的衣服不贵,一百块钱。我说:”好,我买这件。”
我也想买水果。我看见苹果和香蕉。苹果很便宜,香蕉也很便宜。我买了一些苹果,也买了一些香蕉。
买东西很方便。我不用去商店。我在家里,在我的沙发上,就可以买。
三天以后,东西到了我家。我很高兴。白色的衣服很好看,苹果和香蕉也很好吃。
我喜欢在手机上买东西。你呢?你喜欢吗?
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手机 | shǒujī | mobile phone |
| 应用 | yìngyòng | application/app |
| 衣服 | yīfu | clothes |
| 便宜 | piányi | cheap |
| 方便 | fāngbiàn | convenient |
| 商店 | shāngdiàn | store/shop |
| 沙发 | shāfā | sofa |
| 高兴 | gāoxìng | happy |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) |
| 一个 | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 里 | lǐ | variant of 裡|里[li3]; lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]; surname Li |
| 这个 | zhè ge | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 东 | Dōng | surname Dong |
| 西 | Xī | the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish |
| 书 | Shū | abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] |
| 有水 | yǒu shuǐ | supplied with water (of a house) |
| 果 | guǒ | fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really |
| 也 | Yě | surname Ye |
| 电 | diàn | lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc |
| 脑 | nǎo | brain; mind; head; essence |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 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) |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
| 一 | yī | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out … |
| 件 | jiàn | item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc |
| 打开 | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 红色 | hóng sè | red (color); revolutionary |
| 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… |
| 白色 | bái sè | white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist |
| 黑色 | hēi sè | black |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 这 | zhè | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 贵 | Guì | short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1] |
| 百 | Bǎi | surname Bai |
| 块 | kuài | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 钱 | Qián | surname Qian |
| 说 | shuì | to persuade; variant of 說|说[shuo1] |
| 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); (… |
| 水 | Shuǐ | surname Shui; Shui ethnic group |
| 苹 | píng | (artemisia); duckweed; used in 蘋果|苹果[ping2 guo3] |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 香 | xiāng | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1] |
| 蕉 | jiāo | banana |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 不用 | bù yòng | need not |
| 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);… |
| 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) |
| 家里 | jiā lǐ | home |
| 上 | shǎng | used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 就 | jìu | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precise… |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good |
| 三 | Sān | surname San |
| 天 | tiān | day; sky; heaven |
| 以 | yǐ | old variant of 以[yi3]; abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4] |
| 后 | Hòu | surname Hou; back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post- |
| 到了 | dào liǎo | at last; finally; in the end |
| 家 | jiā | used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]; home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some act… |
| 好看 | hǎo kàn | good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 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.) |
| 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… |
| 吗 | má | (coll.) what? |
I have a phone. There is an app (application) on my phone. This app has many things: there are clothes, books, fruit, and also computers.
Today I want to buy some clothes. I open the app and see many clothes. There are red ones, white ones, and black ones too. I like the white one. This white piece of clothing is not expensive, one hundred yuan. I say: “Good, I’ll buy this one.”
I also want to buy fruit. I see apples and bananas. The apples are very cheap, and the bananas are also very cheap. I bought some apples and also bought some bananas.
Shopping is very convenient. I don’t need to go to the store. I’m at home, on my sofa, and I can shop.
Three days later, the things arrived at my home. I am very happy. The white clothes look great, and the apples and bananas are also very delicious.
I like shopping on my phone. What about you? Do you like it?