Takeaway Chinese: It's too expensive!
Dialogue
A:
请问,这个怎么卖?
qǐng wèn, zhè gè zěn me mài?
Excuse me, how much is this?
B:
三千块,你要买吗?
sān qiān kuài, nǐ yào mǎi ma?
3,000 yuan ($426.3), would you like to buy it?
A:
太贵了!可以便宜一点吗?
tài guì le! kě yǐ pián yì yì diǎn ma?
It's too expensive! Could it be cheaper?
B:
不好意思,不打折。
bù hǎo yì si, bù dǎ zhé
Sorry, no discounts.
Basic numbers:
零, 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
líng, yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí
Number units:
个, 十, 百, 千, 万, 十万, 百万, 千万, 亿
gè, shí, bǎi, qiān, wàn, shí wàn, bǎi wàn, qiān wàn, yì
single, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million, ten million, hundred million
Words and expressions
三千sān qiān: three thousand
买 mǎi: buy
贵 guì: expensive
便宜 pián yì: cheap
打折 dǎ zhé: discount
可以打折吗? Is there any discount?
我给你打折吧。I will give you a discount.
太 tài: too/so
Grammar
太 (tài) is followed by an adjective or an adverb, which is frequently followed by 了 (le).
The pattern is: 太 + Adj / Adv + 了
太贵了!
tài guì le
It's too expensive!
太便宜了!
tài pián yì le
It's so cheap!
太好了!
tài hǎo le
So good/Great!
太辣了!
tài là le
It's too spicy!
Source: Mandarin AI