Lesson 011. Buying and Bargaining in Chinese.
In this lesson you will learn how to buy things and how to bargain in Chinese, also you will learn more numbers and Chinese monetary units. At the end of the lesson there are answers to the worksheet of Lesson 10.
I just got back from my trip to China. Bargaining is essential almost everywhere. There is a real art to it and some people didnt really get it. I recommend you look at this site also
http://www.beijingtraveltips.com/tips/shopping_1/bargaining_howto.htm
A good article.
ehi serge, i cannot get the works sheets dunno where to find them. listening every lesson, sometimes also three times…u r doin such an usefull and professional job!!! very compliments…i would likr to contact u for having a few hints about china!thanx mate helpin me a lot with my studies!
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Wow! Serge! This site is awesome! Thank you so much for taking the time and energy to do this!!!
I have been in China for almost 6 months now, teaching English in N.E. China and this site will definitely help me!
Can you let all the universities in Canada know about this site?
Have you ever talked to or met “Dashan” from Canada?
Ok, all the best to you! Thanks again!
Hi Serge,
I’ve tried other methods of learning Mandarin before find your site and I’m not sure if this is covered later on in the podcasts but if not can you please explain what ‘renminbi’ is, in terms of their currency. Until now I’ve been saying it as the unit instead of just ‘money’.
Cheers
Ren2min2bi4(人民币) is the name for the Chinese currency. Literally, it translates as”people’s currency”-ren2min2 means ‘people’ and bi4 means ‘currency’. Just like you name a currency ‘dollar’ or ‘pound’. So nothing special, just a name.
When you talk about money in Mandarin, you usually add kuai4 qian2(块钱) after the number. E.g. “ten chinese dollars(units, renminbi etc.) will be shi2 kuai4 qian2(十块钱), where shi2(十) means ‘ten’. Another way to say ‘ten renminbi’ is shi2 yuan2(十元), where yuan2（元） is yuen,a different name for asian currency unit (compare to yen in Japan and won in Korea which in fact are the same word but different pronunciation). Yuan has a broader meaning and includes all periods of Chinese history, while Renminbi or people’s currency only refers to communist China. Yuan is the same for Taiwan, Hongkong and China, renminbi is only in China. Hope this information is helpful.
That’s excellent, thanks Serge. Confusion over!
Hello Serge,
It is a pleasure to study your classes, I realize I have made them part of my everyday life, I love it. Lucky me, I found you when you had few classes and I made a habit to repeat and talk loud as you suggested.
But from time to time I listen to other programs that I listened before “no comparison” their way of teaching is sort of hard to follow. But your teaching makes me feel much comfortable and happy to understand it.
One question, I got your song ‘Beijing welcome you” and I would like to have the words of that class. Could you please help me? I would love to play it with my guitar.
Thank you for your nice work.
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Hello Serge,
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By a stroke of luck we have a Graduate from Shanghai on a work placement. He helps me during my lunch break, just to make sure I had got the right material (sorry! no disrespect meant by that) he looked through your transcripts and said they are very accurate. He told me to stay With your downloads as i have learnt more in three months than a colleague who is just starting his second year at college! Thank you very much.
Julian.