学习主题 Subject
When shopping in China, sometimes you can bargain and get an item at a lower price. But how do you bargain, and how can you ask for a discount?
重点词 Key Words
那个 nèige that one
旁边 pángbiān n. beside
再 zài adv. again
贵 guì adj. expensive
便宜 piányi adj. cheap
太......了 tài ......le too
折 zhé n. discount
会话示例 Dialogue
1) Shì pángbiān nèige.
是旁边那个。
The one beside it.
2) Néng bu néng piányi diǎn?
能不能便宜点?
Can you lower the price?
3) Háishì tài guì le.
还是太贵了。
It's still too expensive.
脚本 Script
I (Miss Wang and Sherry are at a bookstore.)
Sherry: Fúwùyuán, zhèi běn shū duōshao qián?
服务员,这本书多少钱?
How much is the book?
shop assistant: Sānshíbā kuài.
三十八块。
Thirty-eight yuan.
Miss Wang: Sānshíbā kuài, tài guì le.
三十八块,太贵了。
Thirty-eight yuan! It's too expensive.
Sherry: Néng bu néng piányi diǎn?
能不能便宜点?
Can you give me a lower price?
shop assistant: Kěyǐ, dàn zuì dī zhǐ néng jiǔ zhé .
可以,但最低只能九折。
Sure, ten percent off lowest.
Sherry: Jiǔ zhé, jiù shì......
九折,就是......
Ten percent off. That is...
shop assistant: Sānshísì kuài èr.
三十四块二。
Thirty-four yuan and two jiao.
Sherry: Ò, háishì tài guì le.
哦,还是太贵了。
Oh, it's still expensive.
Ⅱ (At a vender's.)
Customer: Lǎobǎn, zhèige duōshao qián?
老板,这个多少钱?
Excuse me, sir. How much is this?
Vender: Yibǎiwǔ.
一百五。
A hundred and fifty.
Customer: Tài guì le, piányi yìdiǎn ba.
太贵了,便宜一点吧!
It's too expensive. Can I have a lower price?
Vender: Zuì dī yìbǎi.
最低一百。
A hundred yuan lowest.
Customer: Bāshí ba.
八十吧。
How about eighty?
Vender: Bù xíng, bù xíng.
不行,不行。
Sorry.
Customer: Wǒmen bú yào le, zǒu ba.
我们不要了,走吧。
We don't want it. Let's go then.
选自《易捷汉语——轻松入门》:http://www.myechinese.org/Product/Detail.aspx?id=109