A：先生，你想买什么？
B：我很渴，有喝的东西吗？
A：有。
我们有水、茶、牛奶、咖啡、啤酒，你想喝什么？
B：我要一瓶啤酒。
A：好的，还要什么吗？
B：我也买些吃的东西吧。
A：没问题。
我们有米饭、面条，也有面包，你想要哪个？
B：一个面包。
一共多少钱？
A：啤酒三块五，面包十块，一共十三块五。
B：好的，给你钱。
A：这是你买的东西，再见。
B：再见。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher / gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 渴 | kě | thirsty |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / (bound form) additional cost; extra income |
| 茶 | chá | tea / tea plant |
| 牛奶 | niú nǎi | cow's milk |
| 咖啡 | kā fēi | (loanword) coffee |
| 啤酒 | pí jiǔ | beer (loanword) |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 瓶 | píng | classifier for wine and liquids |
| 好 | hǎo | all right! |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 些 | xiē | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 米饭 | mǐ fàn | (cooked) rice |
| 面条 | miàn tiáo | noodles |
| 面包 | miàn bāo | bread |
| 哪 | něi | which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 一共 | yī gòng | in total; altogether |
| 多少 | duō shao | how much?; how many? / what number? |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 块 | kuài | classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 十三 | shí sān | thirteen / 13 |
| 给 | gěi | to give |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 再见 | zài jiàn | goodbye / see you again later |