本 Běn

1. volume (as in book)
   

一本書
yìběn shū
one book

多少本
duōshao běn
how many (books)

道 Dào

1. road; way
2. doctrine
   

知道
zhīdao
know

不知道
bù-shīdào
do not know

多 Duō

1. many, much
   

很多
hěn duō
a lot of

很多書
hěn duō shū
many books

多少
duōshao
how many?

多少錢
duōshao qián
how many dollars?

共 Gòng

1. together
2. total
   

一共
yígòng
all together

共：四元五角
Gòng: sìyuán wǔjiǎo
Total: $4.50

貨 Huò

1. goods

售貨員
shòuhuòyuán
store clerk

角 Jiǎo

1. one tenth of a yuán; dime
   

五角
wǔjiǎo
50 cents

幾角錢
jǐjiǎo qián
how much (how many dimes?) (written style)


兩 Liǎng

1. two
2. a couple
   

兩塊錢
liǎngkuài qián
two dollars

兩枝筆
liǎngzhī bǐ
two pens





賣 Mài

1. sell

賣書
mài shū
sell books

賣不賣
mài bu-mai
sell or not?

賣不賣毛筆
mài bu-mai máobǐ
sell brush pens or not?




麽 Me

1. question particle
   

甚麽
shénme
what?

賣甚麽
mài shénme
sell what?

你賣甚麽？
Nǐ mài shénme
What do you sell?


哪 Nǎ/Něi

1. which
   

哪枝筆
nǎzhī bǐ
which pen?

哪本書
něiběn shū
which book?

少 Shǎo

1. few
2. a little
   

多少錢
duōshao qián
how much money?

多少人
duōshao rén
how many people?

不少
bù-shǎo
not few (i.e. a lot)

售 Shòu

1. sell

售貨員
shòuhuòyuán
store clerk

四 Sì

1. four

四本書
sìběn shū
four books

四枝毛筆
sìzhī máobǐ
four brush pens

五 Wǔ

1. five

五毛錢
wǔmáo qián
fifty cents

五枝五毛
wǔzhī wǔmáo
5 (pens)/$0.50

一 Yī

1. one

一枝筆
yìzhī bǐ
one pen

一本書
yìběn shū
one book

一塊錢
yíkuài qián
one dollar

員 Yuán

1. officer

店員
diànyuán
store clerk (N-P)

售貨員
shòuhuòyuán
store clerk

枝 Zhī

1. Measure for long thin objects

三枝
sānzhī
three long objects

三枝毛筆
sānzhī máobǐ
three brush pens
三枝五塊
sānzhī wǔkuài
3(pens)/$5.00

圓 Yuán

1. dollar (written form; usually on currency)

一圓
yìyuán
$1.00

五圓五角
wǔyuán wǔjiǎo
$5.50

筆 Bǐ

1. pen; pencil
   

毛筆
máobǐ
brush pen

甚麽筆
shénme bǐ
what (kind of) pen(cil)

店 Diàn

1. shop

書店
shūdiàn
book store

店員
diànyuán
store clerk

二 Èr

1. two

一，二，三
yī, èr, sān
one, two, three

一塊二毛錢
yíkuài èrmáo qián
one dollar and twenty cents

還 Hái

1. additionally
2. in addition
   

你還要甚麽？
Nǐ hái yào shénme?
What else do you want?

我還要三塊錢。
Wǒ hái yào sānkuài qián.
I want three more dollars.

幾 Jǐ

1. how many?
   

幾塊錢
Jǐkuài qián
how many dollars?

幾本書
Jǐběn shū
how many books?

塊 Kuài

1. Spoken-style equivalent for yuán
   

兩塊
liǎngkuài
2 dollars

兩塊四
liǎngkuài sì
2 dollars and forty cents


買 Mǎi

1. buy

買甚麽
mǎi shénme
to buy what

買這枝筆
mǎi zhèzhī bǐ
to buy this pen

你不要買這枝筆
Nǐ búyào mǎi zhèzhī bǐ.
don't buy this pen


毛 Máo

1. hair
2. a surname
3. one tenth of a yuán (Spken-style for jiao)
   

毛筆
máobǐ
brush pen

毛先生
Máo Xiānsheng
Mr. Mao

四毛錢
sìmáo qián
forty cents


那 Nà/Nèi

1. that

那枝筆
nàzhī bǐ
that pen

那本書
nèiběn shū
that book

那麽
nàme
in that case, then


三 Sān

1. three

三塊錢
sānkuài qián
three dollars

三毛錢
sānmáo qián
Thirty cents

甚 Shén

1. what

甚麽
shénme
what?

甚麽書
shénme shū
what kind of book?

書 Shū

1. book

一本書
yìběn shū
one book

中國書
Zhōngguo shū
Chinese book

外 Wài

1. outside

外國人
wàiguo rén
foreigner

外國書
wàiguo shū
foreign book

要 Yào

1. want
2. order

要甚麽
yào shénme
want what?

要不要買書
yào bu-yao mǎi shū
want to buy any books?

元 Yuán

1. dollar (written form) (usually on price tags)

一元
yìyuán
$1.00

五元五角
wǔyuán wǔjiǎo
$5.50

這 Zhè/Zhèi

1. this

這本書
Zhèběn shū
this book

者是甚麽
Zhè shì shénme?
what is this?

知 Zhī

1. know

知道
zhīdao
know

不知道
bù-zhīdào
not know

我不知道。
wǒ bù-zhīdào
I don't know