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Stage 5 · Lesson 23

Twenty-five yuan at the bookshop

Ask prices and distinguish money from quantities.

12 new words2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/30 correct without hintsReview the preceding lesson

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HSK 1Economics and finance
商场
shāngchǎng

English meaning
shopping mall

Examples and usage
商场里有商店,也有书店。我们去书店吧。shāng chǎng lǐ yǒu shāng diàn, yě yǒu shū diàn。 wǒ men qù shū diàn ba。

The mall has shops and a bookshop. Let us visit the bookshop.

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HSK 1Economics and finance
商店
shāngdiàn

English meaning
shop; store

Examples and usage
商场里有商店,也有书店。我们去书店吧。shāng chǎng lǐ yǒu shāng diàn, yě yǒu shū diàn。 wǒ men qù shū diàn ba。

The mall has shops and a bookshop. Let us visit the bookshop.

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HSK 1Expressions and idioms
书店
shūdiàn

English meaning
bookshop

Examples and usage
商场里有商店,也有书店。我们去书店吧。shāng chǎng lǐ yǒu shāng diàn, yě yǒu shū diàn。 wǒ men qù shū diàn ba。

The mall has shops and a bookshop. Let us visit the bookshop.

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HSK 1Economics and finance
买
mǎi

English meaning
buy

Examples and usage
那本一百元。这本不贵。你们买几本?nà běn yī bǎi yuán。 zhè běn bù guì。 nǐ men mǎi jǐ běn?

That one is one hundred yuan. This one is inexpensive. How many books will you buy?

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HSK 1Economics and finance
钱
qián

English meaning
money

Examples and usage
这本书多少钱?zhè běn shū duō shǎo qián?

How much is this book?

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HSK 1Time and numbers
元
yuán

English meaning
yuan (formal monetary unit)

Examples and usage
二十五元五角,也可以说二十五块五毛。èr shí wǔ yuán wǔ jiǎo, yě kě yǐ shuō èr shí wǔ kuài wǔ máo。

Twenty-five yuan and five jiao; colloquially, twenty-five kuai and five mao.

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HSK 1Time and numbers
块
kuài

English meaning
kuai (colloquial yuan); piece

Examples and usage
二十五元五角,也可以说二十五块五毛。èr shí wǔ yuán wǔ jiǎo, yě kě yǐ shuō èr shí wǔ kuài wǔ máo。

Twenty-five yuan and five jiao; colloquially, twenty-five kuai and five mao.

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HSK 1Economics and finance
毛
máo

English meaning
mao (one tenth of a yuan); hair

Examples and usage
二十五元五角,也可以说二十五块五毛。èr shí wǔ yuán wǔ jiǎo, yě kě yǐ shuō èr shí wǔ kuài wǔ máo。

Twenty-five yuan and five jiao; colloquially, twenty-five kuai and five mao.

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HSK 1Time and numbers
百
bǎi

English meaning
one hundred

Examples and usage
那本一百元。这本不贵。你们买几本?nà běn yī bǎi yuán。 zhè běn bù guì。 nǐ men mǎi jǐ běn?

That one is one hundred yuan. This one is inexpensive. How many books will you buy?

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HSK 1Time and numbers
多少
duōshǎo

English meaning
how much; how many

Examples and usage
这本书多少钱?zhè běn shū duō shǎo qián?

How much is this book?

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HSK 1Time and numbers
几
jǐ

English meaning
how many (usually a small number)

Examples and usage
那本一百元。这本不贵。你们买几本?nà běn yī bǎi yuán。 zhè běn bù guì。 nǐ men mǎi jǐ běn?

That one is one hundred yuan. This one is inexpensive. How many books will you buy?

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HSK 1Economics and finance
贵
guì

English meaning
expensive

Examples and usage
那本呢?贵不贵?nà běn ne? guì bù guì?

What about that one? Is it expensive?

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