Vocabulary

Narrative Vocabulary

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chūzū qìchē
(chūzūchē)

出zū汽车
(出zū车)

taxi

noun phrase

出租汽车 (出租车)

出租汽車
(出租車)

ěrzhào

 

earmuffs

noun

耳罩

耳罩

 

pair of, a set of

classifier

pí xié

pí鞋

leather shoes

noun phrase

皮鞋

皮鞋

shǒutào

手tào

glove

noun

手套

手套

tǎo jià-huán jià

tǎo价还价

bargain back and forth

verb phrase

讨价还价

討價還價

wéijīn

 

scarf

noun

围巾

圍巾

Dialogue Part A Vocabulary

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běnlái

本来

originally

adverb

本来

本來

jiàqian

价钱

price

noun

价钱

價錢

suàn

calculate, count

verb

xiǎojie

小姐

young lady, miss

noun

小姐

小姐

Dialogue Part B Vocabulary

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bùdàn

不但

not only

conjunction

不但

不但

èrwéi mǎ

二wéi码

QR code

noun phrase

二维码

二維碼

fāpiào

发票

receipt

noun

发票

發票

 

pay

verb

 

card

noun

kě’ài

可爱

cute

adjectival verb

可爱

可愛

gǎnjué

感觉

feeling

noun

感觉

感覺

 

bring, take

verb

pèi

 

match

verb, adjectival verb

sǎo mǎ

扫码 

scan a code (cf. sǎo 扫 sweep, scan)

verb + object

扫码

掃碼

Wēixìn

Wēi信

WeChat

proper noun

微信

微信

Wēixìn Zhīfù

Wēi信Zhīfù

WeChat Pay

proper noun

微信支付

微信支付

xiànjīn

现金

cash

noun

现金

現金

xiànjīn kǎ

现金kǎ

debit card

noun phrase

现金卡

現金卡

xìnyòng kǎ

信用kǎ

credit card

noun phrase

信用卡

信用卡

Dialogue Part C Vocabulary

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dàyī

大衣

coat, overcoat

noun

大衣

大衣

làngfèi

làng费

waste

verb

浪费

浪費

yùndòng xié

运动鞋

sneakers

noun

运动鞋

運動鞋

Dialogue Part D Vocabulary

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bāng máng

帮忙

help out, lend a hand

verb + object

帮忙

幫忙

yuàn zhě shàng gōu

yuàn者上gōu

willingly swallowed the bait, willingly got caught

proverb

愿者上钩

愿者上钩