The Lingo: Getting your money’s worth
Updated: 2011-08-21 14:18
(chinadaily.com.cn)
|
|||||||||||
Dialogue to get you through those daily frustrations, like changing money at the bank:
Mary says: Nǐ hǎo. Wǒ yào huàn qián.
你好。我要换钱。
Hello. I want to change some money.
Bank teller says: Nín hǎo. Qǐng gěi wǒ nín de hùzhào. Nín yào huàn shénme?
您好。请给我您的护照 。您要换什么?
Hello. Please give me your passport. What do you want to change?
Mary says: Wǒ zhànghù shàng de qián shì ōuyuán. Wǒ yào bǎ ōuyuán huàn chéng rénmínbì.
我账户上的钱是欧元。我要把欧元换成人民币。
I have euros in my account. I want to exchange those euros into RMB.
Bank teller says: Hǎo de. Wǒ kàn yíxia. Nín de zhànghù shàng yǒu bāqiān wǔbǎi ōuyuán. Nín yào quánbù dōu huàn chéng rénmínbì ma?
好的。我看一下。您的账户上有8500欧元。您 要 全部 都 换成人民币吗?
OK. Let me check. There is 8500 euro in your account. Do you want to change all that money into RMB?
Mary says: Bú yòng. Zhǐyào huàn sānqiān kuài qián.
不用。只要换3000块钱。
No. I only want to change 3000 RMB.
Bank teller says: Hǎo de. Nà nín tián yíxià zhè zhāng biǎo. Ránhòu zài zhèr qiānzì.
好的。那您填一下这张表。然后在这儿签字。
OK. Please fill in this form and sign here.
Mary says: Xièxiè.
谢谢。
Thanks.
Dialogue provided by TailorMade Chinese Center at Shangdu SO¬HO. Contact them on (+8610) 5900-5420 or visit tailormadechinese.com.
Got a scenario you want to talk your way out of? Send suggestions to metrobeijing@chinadaily.com.cn or our Sina Weibo @chinadailymetro.
Hot Topics
Anti-Gay, Giant Panda, Subway, High Speed Train, Coal Mine, High Temperature, Rainstorm, Sino-US, Oil Spill, Zhu Min
Editor's Picks
Thangka craftsmen re-create religious icons |
350,000 in drought region to be relocated |
DPRK top leader sets foot on Russia |
Iran jails US hikers as spies for 8 years |
Recipe for success |
Young players give Chinese football a shot in the arm |