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Practical Travel & Online Chinese HSK 2-3 Required 12 words

Shopping and Payments

Ask prices, compare cost, pay by cash or app, request a receipt, and try items.

Goal

Learners can complete a simple store interaction and understand payment options.

Ask if something is discounted and say you want to pay with WeChat.

Focus

shopping prices mobile payments

Useful examples

可以用微信吗?

Kěyǐ yòng Wēixìn ma?

Can I use WeChat?

这个价格有点贵。

Zhège jiàgé yǒudiǎn guì.

This price is a little expensive.

比 Comparisons

Compare height, price, distance, speed, and difficulty with the core 比 pattern.

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商店
shāng diàn
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Meanings
store shop

Module word list

Word Pinyin Meaning Level Dictionary
商店 shāng diàn store
HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1
Dictionary
超市 chāo shì supermarket
HSK 2.0 3 HSK 3.0 1
Dictionary
价格 jià gé price
HSK 2.0 4 HSK 3.0 4
Dictionary
便宜 pián yi cheap
HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 1
Dictionary
guì expensive
HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 1
Dictionary
现金 xiàn jīn cash
HSK 2.0 5 HSK 3.0 4
Dictionary
支付宝 zhī fù bǎo Alipay, online payment platform
Dictionary
微信 wēi xìn Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯[téng xùn])
Dictionary
信用卡 xìn yòng kǎ credit card
HSK 2.0 4 HSK 3.0 3
Dictionary
发票 fā piào invoice
HSK 2.0 5 HSK 3.0 6
Dictionary
打折 dǎ zhé to give a discount
HSK 2.0 4 HSK 3.0 4
Dictionary
shì to test
HSK 2.0 4 HSK 3.0 3
Dictionary