青竹

English Chinese Pin Yin (Pron.)

1 fruits 水 果 shuǐ guǒ

2 apple 苹 果 píng guǒ

3 banana 香 蕉 xiāng jiāo

4 watermelon 西 瓜 xī guā

5 grape 葡 萄 pú táo

6 strawberry 草 莓 cǎo méi

7 orange 橙 chéng

8 avocado 鄂 梨 è lí

Fruits 水果

English Chinese Pin Yin (Pronunciation)

9 color 色 sè

10 Red 红 hóng

11 yellow 黄黄 huáng

12 blue 蓝 lán

13 green 绿 lǜ

14 orange 橙 chéng

15 purple 紫 zǐ

16 black, white 黑，白 hēi, bái

Colors 颜色

New Words 生字English Chinese Pin Yin

(Pronunciation)

1 want to 要 yào

2 buy 买 mǎi

3 sell 卖 mài

4 Trading/business dealings 买 卖 mǎi mài

5 what 什 么 shén me

6 pound (weight unit) 镑  bàng

7 weight unit 斤 jīn

English Chinese Pin Yin (Pronunciation)

8 many/more 多 duō

9 few/less 少 shǎo

10 how much 多少 duō shǎo

11 money 钱 qián

13 currency unit 块 kuài

New Words 生字

A. What would you like to buy? 您 要 买 什 么？

nín yào mǎi shén me

B. I want to by red apples. 我 要 卖 红 苹 果。

wǒ yào mài hóng píng guǒ

How much (money) per pound?多 少 钱 一 镑 ? duō shǎo qián yī bàng

A. One dollar a pound, thank you.一 块 钱，谢 谢。 yī kuài qián, xiè xiè

Conversation 对话

Chinese Currency

The units of Chinese currency are:

元 (yuán)/ 块 (kuài) - similar to dollar

角 (jiǎo)/ 毛 (máo) - similar to dime

分 (fēn) - similar to cent.

元 (yuán)/ 块 (kuài) = 10 角 (jiǎo)/ 毛 (máo) = 100 分(fēn).

Generally 块 and 毛 are used in spoken language.

人 民 币 rén mín bì RMB

Exercises 练习How much?

How much?

Exercises 练习