IC 1 L9D1 Shopping for Clothes: Vocabulary and Dialogue

By Ling-Ling Lisa Shih
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IC1  Lesson 9 Dialogue 1: Shopping for Clothes

Vocabulary

Audio: Lesson _9 Dialogue 1_Vocab (Textbook p.229-230)

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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition

1	商店		shāngdiàn	store; shop; Classifiers: 家
2	买	買	mǎi	to buy; to purchase
3	东西	東西	dōng xī	things; objects
4	售货员	售貨員	shòuhuòyuán	salesperson; Classifiers: 个
5	衣服		yī fu	clothes; Classifiers: 件
6	件		jiàn	item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
7	衬衫	襯衫	chènshān	shirt; blouse; Classifiers: 件
8	颜色	顏色	yán sè	color; countenance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
9	黄	黃	huáng	surname Huang or Hwang; yellow; pornographic
10	红	紅	hóng	surname Hong; red; popular; revolutionary
11	穿		chuān	to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread
12	条	條	tiáo	strip; item; article; classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
13	裤子	褲子	kù zi	trousers; pants; Classifiers: 条
14	号	號	hào	ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign;  size; classifier used to indicate number of people; Classifiers: 个
15	中		zhōng	China; Chinese; surname Zhong; within; among; in; middle; center
16	便宜		pián yi	cheap; inexpensive
17	如果		rú guǒ	if; in case; in the event that
18	长短	長短	chángduǎn	length; literally, long [and] short
19	长	長	cháng	length; long
20	短		duǎn	short
21	合适	合適	hé shì	suitable; fitting; decent; to fit
22	试	試	shì	to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
23	不用		bù yòng	need not
24	一共		yī gòng	altogether
25	多少		duōshǎo	how much/how many
26	钱	錢	qián	surname Qian; coin; money; Classifiers: 笔
27	块	塊	kuài	lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 块钱
28	毛		máo	surname Mao; hair; feather; down; wool;  (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 )
29	分		fēn	to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); part or subdivision; fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute; a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
30	百		bǎi	surname Bai; hundred; numerous; all kinds of
31	找钱	找錢	zhǎoqián	to give change

Individual Character List:

	ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
	1	商		shāng	commerce; merchant; dealer; Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC); surname Shang
	2	店		diàn	inn; shop; store; Classifiers: 家
	3	买	買	mǎi	to buy; to purchase
	4	东	東	dōng	east
	5	西		xī	the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙 ; Spanish; west
	6	售		shòu	to sell
	7	货	貨	huò	goods;
	8	员	員	yuán	person; employee; member
	9	衣		yī	clothes; Classifiers: 件
	10	服		fú	clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc)
	11	件		jiàn	item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
	12	衬	襯	chèn	(of garments) against the skin; to line; lining
	13	衫		shān	garment
	14	颜	顏, 顔	yán	color; face; countenance
	15	色		sè	color
	16	黄	黃	huáng	yellow; pornographic
	17	红	紅	hóng	red
	18	穿		chuān	to wear; to put on
	19	条	條	tiáo	strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
	20	裤	褲	kù	underpants; trousers; pants
	21	号	號	hào	ordinal number; day of a month; mark;  size
	22	中		zhōng	China; Chinese; surname Zhong; within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
	23	便		biàn pián	plain; informal; convenient (方便）； cheap （as in 便宜, pronounced as “piányi”
	24	宜		yí	proper; suitable; appropriate
	25	如		rú	as; as if; such as

	ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
	ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
	26	果	菓	guǒ	fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really
	27	话	話	huà	dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words;
	28	长	長	cháng	length; long
	29	短		duǎn	short
	30	合		hé	to close; to join; to fit;  whole; together;
	31	适		kuò	suitable
	32	试	試	shì	to test; to try; test
	33	用		yòng	to use
	34	共		gòng	common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党 , Communist party
	35	多		duō	many; much; often; a lot of; more;  “how”
	36	少		shǎo	few; less; to lack; to be missing
	37	找		zhǎo	to find; to look for; to call on sb; to return; to give change
	38	钱	錢	qián	coin; money; Classifiers: 笔
	39	块	塊	kuài	lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
	40	毛		máo	surname Mao; hair; feather; down; wool;  (of currency); a dime in Chinese currency;  classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 )
	41	分		fēn	to divide; to separate; fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute; 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
	42	百		bǎi	hundred

• IC1 L9D1 Character Worksheet without stroke order
• IC1 L9D1 Vocabulary Flashcards
• IC1 L9D1 Vocabulary Worksheets

Lesson 9 Dialogue 1 Text 第九课会话一课文

• L9D1 Text with Pinyin
• L9D1 Text worksheet_Write one time

(李友在一个［家］商店买东西，售货员问她…)

A： 小姐，您要_____什么衣服？

B： 我想买一____衬衫。

A：你喜欢什么_____的，黄的____红的？

A：我喜欢____红的。我还想买一_____裤子。

A： 多大的？大号的、中号的、还是_____?

B:中号的。不要太贵的，也不要太____的。

A：这___裤子怎么样？

B：颜色很好。如果___合适的话，我就买。(blank: length)

B：您____一下。

A: 不用试。可以。

B: 这___衬衫呢？

A:也不错。一____多少____?

B: 衬衫二十一____五 （21.50 dollars，裤子三十二___九___九 (32.99 dollars),一共是________(54.49).

A: 好，这是_________(100 dollars).

B:____您四十五块五毛一。

Downloadable Documents for L9D1:

• L9D1 Vocabulary and Make a Sentence Worksheet
• L9D1 Dialogue Worksheets
• L9D1 Dialogue_Pinyin and Chinese Characters
• L9D1 Text_Fill in the blanks (in word) or L9D1 Text_Fill in the blanks (in pdf)
• l9d1-part-1-worksheets-for-grammar-and-language-practice
• oral-assignment-for-l9d1 Shopping for Clothes

Lesson 9 Dialogue 1_Workbook Narrative

• Audio: IC Level 1 Part 1 Lesson 9 Dialogue 1_Workbook Narrative (p.147-148)

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