HSK 1 Chinese Survival Chinese
At the Bookstore
在书店
Zài shūdiàn
2:38 min video · 9 sentences · 7 key words
About this lesson
After this lesson you can ask a bookstore clerk for a Chinese book, ask the price, and ask where to pay.
How to practise
- Learn the phrases on the first card: these are the lines you will say in the situation.
- When you see 你会怎么说？, answer out loud in your own words before the real line plays, then repeat it.
- Keep the phrasebook at the end: the phrases, what you will hear, and a tip for the real thing.
Key words 生词
| Chinese | Pinyin | English | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 找 | zhǎo | to look for | HSK 1 |
| 想买 | xiǎngmǎi | want to buy | |
| 中文 | zhōngwén | Chinese language | HSK 1 |
| 多少钱 | duōshaoqián | how much money | |
| 我要 | wǒyào | I want | |
| 在哪儿 | zàinǎr | where | |
| 门口 | ménkǒu | doorway, entrance | HSK 1 |
Transcript with pinyin and English
王姐 Wáng Jiě
你好，你找什么？
Nǐ hǎo, nǐ zhǎo shénme?
Hello, what are you looking for?
大卫 Dà Wèi
我想买一本中文书。
Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yì běn zhōngwén shū.
I want to buy a Chinese book.
王姐 Wáng Jiě
这本书很好，你看看。
Zhè běn shū hěn hǎo, nǐ kànkan.
This book is very good, take a look.
大卫 Dà Wèi
这本书多少钱？
Zhè běn shū duōshao qián?
How much is this book?
王姐 Wáng Jiě
二十八块。
Èr shí bā kuài.
Twenty-eight yuan.
大卫 Dà Wèi
好，我要这本。
Hǎo, wǒ yào zhè běn.
Good, I want this one.
大卫 Dà Wèi
请问，在哪儿给钱？
Qǐngwèn, zài nǎr gěi qián?
Excuse me, where do I pay?
王姐 Wáng Jiě
在门口，那边。
Zài ménkǒu, nàbian.
By the door, over there.
大卫 Dà Wèi
谢谢你！
Xièxie nǐ!
Thank you!
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