Lesson 9 Shopping Vocab Chinese

商店

shāngdiàn

• (n) shop; store

买

mǎi

• (v) buy

东西

dōng xi

• (n) object, thing, stuff

售货员

shòu huò yuán

• (n) shop assistant; sales clerk

衣服

yīfu

• (n) clothes

件

jiàn

• measure word for clothing, furniture, luggage, etc.

衬衫

chènshān

• (n) shirt

颜色

yán sè

• (n) color

黄

huánɡ

• (adj) yellow

[huánɡ sè = noun form]

红

hóng

• (adj) red

[hóng sè = noun form]

穿

chuān

• (v) to wear [shoes, clothes]

条

tiáo

• measure word for long things like pants

裤子

kùzi

• (n) pants, trousers

号

hào

• (n) size

中

zhōng

• (adj) medium, middle

便宜

piányi

• (adj) cheap

如果 … 的话

rúɡuǒ … de huà

• (conj) if

[This is a pattern commonly used to express "if."

In full form, the condition is sandwiched between.

For example:

Rúɡuǒ mingtian xiayu de huà = If it rains tomorrow…

• mingtian xiayu is the condition that is sandwiched in between rúɡuǒ & de huà.]

长短

chánɡduǎn

• (n) length

长

chánɡ

• (adj) long

短

duǎn

• (adj) short

合适

héshì

• (adj) suitable

试

shì

• (v) to try

不用

búyòng

• need not

[Used to express: there's no need to / it's not necessary]

一共

yígòng

• (adv) altogether, in total

多少

duōshǎo

• (qpr) how many, how much

钱

qián

• (n) money

快

kuài

• measure word for basic Chinese monetary unit

[For example: yī kuài, liǎng kuài]

毛

máo

• measure word for 1/10 of a kuai, equivalent to the US dime

分

fēn

• measure word for 1/100 of a kuai, equivalent to the US cent

百

bǎi

• (n, number) hundred

找 (钱)

zhǎo qián

• (v + obj) to give change

双

shuāng

• measure word for a pair

[example: a pair of shoes]

鞋

xié

• (n) shoes

换

huàn

• (v) to exchange, to change

一样

yíyàng

• (adj) same, alike

虽然

suīrán

• (conj) although

大小

dàxiǎo

• (n) size

咖 啡 色

kāfēisè

• (n) brown, coffee color

种

zhǒng

• measure word for kinds, types, sorts

黑

hēi

• (adj) black

[hēi sè = noun form]

样子

yàngzi

• (n) style

挺

tǐng

• (adv) very, rather

它

tā

• (pronoun) it

这儿

zhèr

• here

刷卡

shuā kǎ