@ 31494 Getting the Correct Change

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A: 小姐，一共183塊6。

xiaˇojie, y¯ıgo`ng y¯ıbaˇi ba¯ sh´ı sa¯ n kua`i liu`.

Miss, your total is 183 kuai and 6 mao.

B: 合你200。

geˇi nˇı liaˇngbaˇi.

Here’s 200.

A: 找您7塊4。

zhaˇo n´ın q¯ı kua`i s`ı.

Here’s 7 kuai and 4 mao in change.

B: 哎，找錯了吧？

a¯ i, zhaˇo cuo` le ba?

Um, I think you gave me the wrong change.

A: 哦，不好意思，我再算算。

o, bu`haˇoy`ısi, woˇ za`i sua`n suan.

Sorry, let me count it again.

B: 沒事。等一下，我好像有零錢。

me´ish`ı. deˇng y¯ıxia`, woˇ haˇoxia`ng yoˇu l´ıngqia´n.

It’s OK. One second, I think I have change.

A: 好。有零的最好了。

haˇo. yoˇu l´ıng de zu`ı haˇo le.

OK. If you have change, that’d be best.

B: 合你3塊6，現在你找我20就行了。

geˇi nˇı sa¯ n kua`i liu`, xia`nza`i nˇı zhaˇo woˇ

e`rsh´ı jiu`

x´ıng le.

Here’s 3 kuai and 6 mao. Now you can give me 20 in change, and we’ll be even.

A: 嗯。找您20。請稍等。

ng. zhaˇo n´ın e`rsh´ı. qˇıng sha¯ odeˇng.

OK. I’ll give you 20. One moment.

B: 這個二十塊這麼舊，幫我換兩張十塊的吧。

zhe`

ge e`rsh´ı kua`i zhe`me jiu`, ba¯ ng woˇ

hua`n liaˇng zha¯ ng sh´ı

kua`i de ba.

This 20 kuai is so old. Could you exchange it for two ten- kuai bills for me?

A: 行。那請再等一下。

x´ıng. na` qˇıng za`i deˇng y¯ıxia`.

Sure. Then wait another moment please.

---Key Vocabulary---

一共 y¯ıgo`ng altogether

找 zhaˇo to give change

錯 cuo` incorrectly

算 sua`n to calculate

好像 haˇoxia`ng to seem as if

零錢 l´ıngqia´n small change

就 jiu` just

稍等 sha¯ odeˇng to wait a moment

舊 jiu` old

幫 ba¯ ng to help

換 hua`n to exchange

張 zha¯ ng [measure word for flat objects]

---Supplementary Vocabulary---

收銀員 sho¯ uy´ınyua´n clerk

超市 cha¯ osh`ı supermarket

計算 j`ısua`n to calculate, to count

找零

zhaˇol´ıng to give change

毛 ma´o 1/10 of 1 RMB, dime

角 jiaˇo 1/10 of 1 RMB, dime

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