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title: "Chinese Phrases for Shopping: 13 With Pinyin and Audio"
description: "13 Chinese phrases for shopping, like 太贵了！ (That’s too expensive!) and 便宜一点儿吧。 (Could you make it a bit cheaper?), each with pinyin over every word, the English and Play to hear it. Keep the words in one press."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-phrases/shopping"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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[Chinese phrases](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-phrases) · 13 phrases

# Chinese phrases for shopping

Each with pinyin over every word, the English and sound.

[Print as flashcards](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-flashcards?level=mine&words=%E8%B4%B5%20%E4%BE%BF%E5%AE%9C%20%E6%89%93%E6%8A%98%20%E7%9C%8B%E7%9C%8B%20%E8%AF%95%20%E5%A4%A7%20%E9%A2%9C%E8%89%B2%20%E8%A6%81%20%E7%8E%B0%E9%87%91%20%E4%BB%98%E9%92%B1%20%E8%A2%8B%E5%AD%90%20%E9%80%80%20%E4%B8%8D%E8%A6%81)

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tài太guì贵le了！

That’s too expensive!

piányi便宜yīdiǎnr一点儿ba吧。

Could you make it a bit cheaper?

kěyǐ可以dǎzhé打折ma吗？

Is there a discount?

wǒ我zhǐshì只是kànkan看看。

I’m just looking.

kěyǐ可以shì试yīxià一下ma吗？

Can I try it on?

yǒu有dà大yīdiǎnr一点儿de的ma吗？

Do you have a bigger one?

yǒu有biéde别的yánsè颜色ma吗？

Do you have other colours?

wǒ我yào要liǎng两gè个。

I’ll take two.

shōu收xiànjīn现金ma吗？

Do you take cash?

zài在nǎr哪儿fùqián付钱？

Where do I pay?

gěi给wǒ我yī一gè个dàizi袋子。

A bag, please.

kěyǐ可以tuì退ma吗？

Can I return it?

wǒ我bùyào不要le了。

I don’t want it after all.

## What are useful Chinese phrases for shopping?

太贵了！ (That’s too expensive!) and 便宜一点儿吧。 (Could you make it a bit cheaper?) are two of the 13 on this page, each with pinyin and sound.

## How do I say them right?

Press Play and say each phrase with the voice, slow first, then at normal speed. Each word’s pinyin is above it, its tone marked.

## Can’t hear it?

Play uses your device’s Mandarin voice. Edge, Chrome and Safari have one; on other browsers, add Chinese speech in your system’s language settings.

## More free tools

- [Chinese greetings](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-greetings)
- [Chinese idioms](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-idioms)
- [Chinese text to speech](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-text-to-speech)
- [Chinese dictionary](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dictionary)
- [Tone practice](https://mandarinthewild.com/tone-practice)

Pinyin from our own reader.