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Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way\uff0cin o<\/em>nly five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio on China Radio International. I’m Yajie.
Cam: And I’m Cam. We have reached the end of the week o<\/em>nce again.
Yajie: So it’s the right time for us to review what we have learned during this week.<\/p>\n

************** Sentences in the Week<\/strong>
This week we learned ex<\/em>pressions for telling the time and shopping: \u8bf7\u95ee\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f\u5feb\u516b\u70b9\u4e86. \u8fd9\u4e2a\u591a\u5c11\u94b1\uff1f\u4e09\u5757, \u592a\u8d35\u4e86\uff0c\u80fd\u4e0d\u80fd\u4fbf\u5b9c\u70b9\u513f ?All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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Yajie: \u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1fWhat time is it now?
Cam: \u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(xianzai ji dian?)
Yajie: \u73b0\u5728 means now.
Cam: \u73b0\u5728(xianzai)
Yajie: \u51e0 is a question word meaning how many, \u51e0, j-i, the third tone.
Cam: \u51e0 (ji)
Yajie: \u51e0\u70b9 together means "what time?"
Cam: \u51e0\u70b9 (ji dian)
Yajie: \u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(xianzai ji dian?)
Cam: \u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f(xianzai ji dian?)
Yajie: \u5feb\u516b\u70b9\u4e86\u3002It means nearly eight o’clock. Here \u5feb means nearly. \u5feb, k-u-a-i, the fourth tone.
Cam: \u5feb\u516b\u70b9\u4e86(kuai ba dian le).<\/p>\n

Conversations<\/p>\n

Yajie: \u5143\u3001\u89d2\u3001\u5206 are  the units of money.
Cam: \u5143(yuan), \u89d2(jiao), \u5206(fen).
Yajie: one\u5143(yuan) equals ten\u89d2(jiao), and one\u89d2(jiao) equals ten \u5206(fen).
Cam: And I also learned that\u5143 is also called \u5757(kuai) in Chinese. For example \u516d\u5757 (liu kuai).
Yajie: Yes,you are right. In oral Chinese\uff0c people prefer to say\u5757.
Cam: \u5757(kuai). And Yajie, jiao is often referred to as mao.<\/p>\n

Conversations<\/p>\n

Yajie: “\u8fd9\u4e2a\u591a\u5c11\u94b1” means how much is it? \u8fd9\u4e2ameans this. \u8fd9\u4e2a. Or zhèige. 
Cam: \u8fd9\u4e2a(zhèige).
Yajie: \u591a\u5c11is how much. \u591a, d-u-o, the first tone; \u5c11,s-h-a-o, the third tone. In fact \u591ameans “many or much”, and \u5c11 means “few or little”. But together it means “how much or how many”?
Cam: \u591a\u5c11 (duoshao).
Yajie: \u94b1 is money., q-i-a-n, the second tone.
Cam: \u94b1 (qian).<\/p>\n

Conversations<\/p>\n

Yajie: If you are not satisfied with the price, you could say “\u592a\u8d35\u4e86\u3002\u80fd\u4e0d\u80fd\u4fbf\u5b9c\u70b9\u513f\uff1f”. That’s too expensive. Could it be a little bit cheaper? \u592a\u8d35\u4e86\u3002
Cam: \u592a\u8d35\u4e86(tai gui le).
Yajie: \u80fd\u4e0d\u80fd? (néng bu néng) \u80fdmeans could, \u80fd\u4e0d\u80fdmeans “Could it be?”
Cam: \u80fd\u4e0d\u80fd? (néng bu néng)
Yajie: \u4fbf\u5b9c means cheap. \u4fbf\u5b9c(pianyi).
Cam: \u4fbf\u5b9c(pianyi).
Yajie: \u70b9\u513fis short for \u4e00\u70b9\u513f, meaning a little bit.
Cam: \u4e00\u70b9\u513f(yi dianr).
Yajie: \u4fbf\u5b9c\u70b9\u513f.
Cam: \u4fbf\u5b9c (pianyi dianr).
Yajie: \u80fd\u4e0d\u80fd\u4fbf\u5b9c\u70b9\u513f? (néng bu néng pianyi dianr)
Cam: \u80fd\u4e0d\u80fd\u4fbf\u5b9c\u70b9\u513f? (néng bu néng pianyi dianr)<\/p>\n

Conversations<\/p>\n

************** Sentences in the Week
This week we learned the ex<\/em>pressions for telling the time and shopping: \u8bf7\u95ee\u73b0\u5728\u51e0\u70b9\uff1f\u5feb\u516b\u70b9\u4e86. \u8fd9\u4e2a\u591a\u5c11\u94b1\uff1f \u4e09\u5757.\u592a\u8d35\u4e86\uff0c\u80fd\u4e0d\u80fd\u4fbf\u5b9c\u70b9\u513f\uff1f<\/div>\n