Recycled Hanyu Unit 5

This is Unit 5 of the Money Module in our Learn Mandarin Chinese Video Series. Sound files were extracted from the Foreign Service Institute’s (FSI) Standard Mandarin Chinese.

Transcript of video in Hanyu Pinyin, Simplified Chinese characters, and English translation

DIALOGUE 1

A: 麻烦你，我这儿有一张十块的。
máfán nǐ, wǒ zhèr yǒu yīzhāng shíkuài de.
Sorry to bother you, I have a ten here.

请你给我换换
qǐng nǐ gěi wǒ huànhuan.
Please change it for me.

B: 您要怎么换？
Nín yào zĕnme huàn?
How do you want to change it?

A: 请你给我两张五块的吧
qǐng nǐ gěi wǒ liǎngzhāng wǔkuàide ba
How about giving me two fives, please.

A: 谢谢
xièxie
Thank you.

B: 不客气
bù kèqì
You’re welcome.

DIALOGUE 2

A: 你们收美金吗？
Nĭmen shōu Mĕijīn ma?
Do you accept U.S. currency?

B: 对不起，我们不收。
Duìbùqǐ, wǒmen bù shōu.
I’m sorry, we don’t.

A: 在哪儿换呢？这儿有没有银行？
Zài năr huàn ne? Zhèr yǒu méiyou yínháng?
Well where do I change it? Is there a bank here?

B: 有。银行就在那儿。
Yǒu. Yínháng jiù zài nàr.
There is. The bank is right over there.

DIALOGUE 3

A:. 请问，是不是在这儿换钱？
Qĭngwèn, shì bú shì zài zhèr huàn qián?
Excuse me, is this where I change money?

B. 是.是在这儿换
Shì, shì zài zhèr huàn.
Yes, you change it here.

你要换多少？
Nĭ yào huàn duōshao?
How much do you want to change?

A: 我这儿有一百块美金的旅行支票。
wǒ zhèr yǒu yībǎikuài měijīnde lǚxíngzhīpiào.
I have one hundred U.S. dollars in traveller’s checks here.

Jīntiánde páijià shi duōshao?
What is today’s exchange rate?

B: Yīkuài Mĕijīn huàn yīkuài jiumáo liù Renminbi.
One U.S. dollar to one dollar and ninety-six cents RMB.

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