Money and Food

Chinese Currency
Kuài - RMB, unit of currency
Jǐ kuài qián? - How much is it?

Máo - Centavo
Shí máo shì yí kuài

Fēn - Percentage
Yí kuài shì shí máo, yìbǎi fēn.
Exercise
• CNY 300 • CNY 10.5
• CNY 150 • CNY 21.4
• CNY 80 • CNY 43.6
• CNY 675 • CNY 88.8
• CNY 500 • CNY 40.5
Zhè shì shénme?
What is this?
New Words
Zhè (Zhèi) pron. This
Nà (Nèi) pron. That
Shū n. Book
Shuǐ n. Water
Bǐ n. Pen
Chá n. Tea
Kāfēi n. Coffee
Diànshì n. Television
Diànhuà n. Telephone
Diànnǎo n. Computer
• Zhè shì shénme? What is this?
• Zhè shì shū. This is a book.
• Zhè shì shuǐ. This is water.

• Nà shì shénme What is that?

• Nà shì kāfēi. That is coffee.
• Nà shì diànhuà. That is telephone.
Exercise
1. This is my pen. That is your pen.

2. This is my computer. That is yours.

3. This is my coffee. That is your tea.

4. This is Rhodson, my friend.

5. She is my good friend. Her name is Rae

Measure Words
bēi cup/glass Yī bēi kāfēi
Yī bēi chá
píng bottle Liǎng píng shuǐ
Sān píng píjiǔ
zhī piece of Yī zhī qiānbǐ
Liǎng zhī bǐ
tái used for devices Yī tái diànshì

“Gè” is the most important of more than 200 measure words in Chinese. If you don’t know which measure
word to use, “gè” is a good choice. Maybe it is not perfect, but people will understand you.

Example:
Yī gè rén - One person
Sān gè Zhōngguó rén - Three Chinese persons
Sì gè shǒujī - Four cellphones
New Words
duōshao pron. how many; how much
qián n. money
jǐ pron. how many; how much
(for a small number)
yào v. Want/like
hē v. to drink
gěi v. to give
kělè n. cola
chī v. to eat
jī n. chicken
Nǐ yào shénme?
What do you want?

Wǒ yào yī píng píjiǔ, duōshao qián?

I want a bottle of beer, how much is it?

Shíwǔ kuài.
15 yuan.
Nǐ yào hē shénme?
What would you want to drink?

Qǐng gěi wǒ yī píng kělè. Yī píng kělè duōshǎo qián?

I would want to have a bottle of cola. How much is a bottle of cola?

Wǔ kuài qián.
5 yuan.
Nǐ yào chī shénme?
What would you want to eat?