Shopping

A customer is buying a vase at a market stall.

Customer:
Duō shǎo qián yī gè?
How much is it (per piece)?

Sales assistant:
Yī bǎi wǔshí
One hundred and fifty.

Customer:
Guì le diǎnr, jiǔshí ba?
That's a bit expensive, how about 90?

Sales assistant:
Jiǔshí tài shǎo le. Jiā diǎnr.
Ninety is too little. Add a few (yuan).

Customer:
Nà, yī bǎi ba.
One hundred then.

Sales assistant:
Yī bǎi èr.
One hundred and twenty.

Customer:
Hǎo ba.
OK.

Sales assistant:
Màn zǒu.
Bye. (lit. mind where you go/walk slowly)

A customer is looking at vases in an art shop.

Customer:
Qǐng wèn, zhè gè duō shǎo qián?
How much is this one, please?

Sales assistant:
Zhè gè jiǔ bǎi kuài.
This is nine hundred kuai.

Customer:
Nà, zhè gè duō shǎo qián?
How much is this then?

Sales assistant:
Zhè gè bā bǎi kuài.
This is eight hundred kuai.

Customer:
Hǎo de. Wǒ xiǎng yī xiǎng.
OK. I'll think about it.

A couple is buying a painting in an art shop.

Customer 1:
Wǒ xǐhuān zhè fú huà.
I like this painting.

Customer 2:
Wǒ xǐhuān nà fú huà.
I like that painting.

Customer 1:
Nà fú huà duō shǎo qián?
How much is that painting?

Sales assistant:
Wǔ bǎi kuài.
Five hundred.

Customer 2:
Tài guì le.
That's too expensive.

Sales assistant:
Zhè fú yī bǎi èrshí kuài. Zhè fú yě shì yī bǎi èrshí kuài. Zhè fú bāshí kuài.
This one is one hundred and twenty kuai. This is also one hundred and twenty kuai. This one is eighty kuai.

Customer 2:
Wǒ xǐhuān zhè fú huà.
I like this painting.

Customer 1:
Wǒmen jiù yào zhè fú huà.
We'll have this painting.

Cashier:
Yī bǎi èrshí kuài.
One hundred and twenty kuai.

A customer is buying some fruit at a market stall.

Customer:
Wǒ yào sān gè mángguǒ, sì gè táo.
I'll have three mangos and four peaches.

Sales assistant:
Biéde hái xūyào shénme?
What else do you need?

Customer:
Wǒ yào yī jīn pútáo. yīgòng duō shǎo qián?
I'd like half a kilo of grapes. How much is it in total?

Sales assistant:
Yīgòng sānshí wǔ.
Thirty five altogether.