LESSON NOTES

Absolute Beginner S4 #13

Out of Cash in China

CONTENTS
2 Simplified Chinese
2 Traditional Chinese
2 Pinyin
3 English
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar
5 Cultural Insight

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 SIMPLIFIED CHINESE

1. 我没钱了。

2. 走，取点儿钱去。

3. 哪儿有提款机？

4. 去商场里看看。

5. 唉，又要买东西了。

TRADITIONAL CHINESE

1. 我沒錢了。

2. 走，取點兒錢去。

3. 哪兒有取款機？

4. 去商場裡看看。

5. 唉，又要買東西了。

PINYIN

1. Wǒ méi qián huā le 。

2. Zǒu ，qǔ diǎnr qián qù 。

3. Nǎr yǒu qǔkuǎnjī ？

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4. Qù shāngchǎng lǐ kànkan 。

5. āi ，yòu yào mǎi dōngxi le 。

ENGLISH

1. A: I don't have any more money.

2. B: Go, take out a bit more.

3. A: Where is an ATM?

4. B: Go look in the shopping center.

5. A: Oh, and buy even more?

VOCABULARY

S implifie d Tr aditional Pinyin English C lass

to take out
取钱 取錢 qǔ qián money phrase

取款机 取款機 qǔ kuǎn jī ATM noun

又 又 yòu again adverb

买东西 買東西 mǎi dōngxi to buy things phrase

花钱 花錢 huāqián to spend money verb

商场 商場 shāngchǎng shopping center noun

付钱 付錢 fù qián to pay money verb

SAMPLE SENTENCES

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我想去取点钱。 取款机在哪儿？
Wǒ xiǎng qù qǔ diǎn qián 。 Qǔ kuǎn jī zài nǎr ？

I want to withdraw some money. Where is the ATM?

他又没赶上公交车。 你又迟到了。
tā yòu méi gǎnshàng gōngjiāochē . Nǐ yòu chídào le.

He missed the bus again. You're late again.

我去超市买东西。 他就是不想花钱。
Wǒ qù chāoshì mǎi dōngxi. Tā jiù shì bù xiǎng huāqián.

I'm going to the store to buy things. He just doesn't want to spend money.

我们去商场买东西吧。 先付钱再上菜。
Wǒmen qù shāngchǎng mǎi dōngxi ba. Xiān fù qián zài shàng cài 。

Let's go to the mall to buy stuff. Pay money before dishes are served.

GRAMMAR

Lost and Found in China

哪儿有提款机 ？
"Where is an ATM?"

Our grammar focus today is on the sentence pattern 哪儿有, nǎr yǒu ("where is"). Use this
this pattern to ask where things or places are. This sentence pattern is tremendously easy to
use. Simply follow it with any noun or place. In our dialogue, for instance, we heard our first
speaker ask 哪儿有取款机, nǎr yǒu qǔ kuǎn jī ("Where is an ATM?"). They could have used
this same structure to ask for anything else as well, as in the following examples.

For Example:

1. 哪儿有洗手间？
Nǎr yǒu xǐshǒujiān?
"Where is a washroom?"

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2. 哪儿有饭店？
Nǎr yǒu fàndiàn?
"Where is a restaurant?"

3. 哪儿有商场？
Nǎr yǒu shāngchǎng?
"Where is a shopping center?"

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Withdrawing Money in China

It used to be a challenge withdrawing cash from foreign bank accounts. These days there are
ATMs everywhere, most of which support credit card withdrawals. Because there is a limit on
the cash withdrawal limit through ATMs, if you need to withdraw more than 2,500 RMB per
day, you will need to head to the Bank of China, which can arrange larger withdrawals
through manual transactions.

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