铃美：小咪，你要买新鞋子吗？
我打算买双靴子，再买双运动鞋。
吴小咪：我上个月买了好几双鞋，今天不买了。
你想买什么靴子？
布的还是皮的？
铃美：我早想好了，买双黑色皮靴，百搭又时尚。
秋天经常下小雨，皮的比布的好。
吴小咪：这个牌子的鞋很有名，我们进去看看。
（2）吴小咪：铃美你看，这双黑靴子看起来不错。
铃美：我也对它一见钟情！
快让我试试。
吴小咪：你穿上刚好，很适合你。
铃美：我看看价格，嗯，也不贵，就买它了。
吴小咪：没想到这么快就买到一双靴子。
铃美：我也没想到！
我们再看看运动鞋吧！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 铃美 | Líng měi | Suzumi (a name) |
| 小咪 | xiǎo mī | a nickname for Xiaomi |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 鞋子 | xié zi | shoe |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan / to intend / to calculate |
| 双 | shuāng | pair |
| 靴子 | xuē zi | boots |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 运动 | yùn dòng | to exercise / sports / exercise |
| 鞋 | xié | shoe |
| 吴小咪 | Wú Xiǎo mī | a name |
| 上 | shàng | (bound form) up; upper; above; previous |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 好 | hǎo | (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so |
| 几 | jǐ | several / a few |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 布 | bù | cloth |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 皮 | pí | skin; peel; rind; outer layer / leather; hide; fur / cover; wrapping; outer covering / pico- (10⁻¹²) |
| 早 | zǎo | long ago |
| 黑色 | hēi sè | black |
| 靴 | xuē | boots |
| 百搭 | bǎi dā | versatile; able to match many styles or outfits |
| 又 | yòu | both... and... |
| 时尚 | shí shàng | fashionable |
| 秋天 | qiū tiān | autumn |
| 经常 | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often |
| 下 | xià | to decline / to go down |
| 小雨 | xiǎo yǔ | light rain / drizzle |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 牌子 | pái zi | sign / trademark / brand |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 有名 | yǒu míng | famous / well-known |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 进去 | jìn qù | to go in |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at / to examine / to survey |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 黑 | hēi | black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal |
| 看起来 | kàn qǐ lai | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be |
| 不错 | bù cuò | not bad / pretty good |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 一见钟情 | yī jiàn zhōng qíng | to fall in love at first sight (idiom) |
| 快 | kuài | to make haste |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 试试 | shishì | to try; to give it a try |
| 穿 | chuān | to wear / to put on / to dress |
| 刚 | gāng | just / barely / exactly |
| 适合 | shì hé | to fit; to suit |
| 价格 | jià gé | price |
| 嗯 | èn | (nonverbal grunt as interjection) / OK, yeah / what? |
| 贵 | guì | expensive |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 想到 | xiǎng dào | to think of / to call to mind / to anticipate |
| 这么 | zhè me | so much / this much / how much? |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |