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十个一毛

How to count money in Chinese (块 and 毛)

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小星xiǎoxīng六liù岁suì了le。她tā非常fēicháng喜欢xǐhuān钱qián。

星期天xīngqītiān，爸爸bàba给gěi了le她tā两liǎng块kuài钱qián，是shì两liǎng个gè大dà的de。妈妈māma给gěi了le她tā二十èrshí个gè一yì毛máo，是shì二十èrshí个gè小xiǎo的de。

小星xiǎoxīng很hěn高兴gāoxìng：“妈妈māma给gěi的de钱qián多duō，爸爸bàba给gěi的de钱qián少shǎo！”

妈妈māma说shuō：“不bú对duì。十shí个gè一yì毛máo，是shì一块yíkuài钱qián。二十èrshí个gè一yì毛máo，是shì两liǎng块kuài钱qián。我们wǒmen给gěi的de钱qián，都dōu是shì两liǎng块kuài。”

爸爸bàba说shuō：“你nǐ看kàn，钱qián上shàng写xiě的de是shì‘一yì元yuán’‘一角yìjiǎo’。我们wǒmen说话shuōhuà的de时候shíhou，说shuō‘一块yíkuài钱qián’‘一yì毛钱máoqián’。”

小星xiǎoxīng不bù说话shuōhuà了le。她tā看看kànkan爸爸bàba的de钱qián，看看kànkan妈妈māma的de钱qián。

晚上wǎnshang，爸爸bàba问wèn她tā：“小星xiǎoxīng，你nǐ想要xiǎngyào什么shénme？两liǎng块kuài钱qián，还是háishì五wǔ个gè一yì毛máo？”

小星xiǎoxīng说shuō：“我wǒ要yào五wǔ个gè一yì毛máo！我wǒ要yào多duō的de！”

爸爸bàba给gěi了le她tā五wǔ个gè一yì毛máo。

小星xiǎoxīng在zài房间fángjiān里看kàn她tā的de钱qián：一个yígè、两liǎng个gè、三sān个gè、四sì个gè、五wǔ个gè。五wǔ个gè一yì毛máo，是shì五毛wǔmáo。

她tā想xiǎng了le想xiǎng，去qù找zhǎo爸爸bàba：“爸爸bàba，我wǒ还hái想要xiǎngyào十五shíwǔ个gè一yì毛máo！”

Key words

Xiaoxing is six. She really loves money.

On Sunday, Dad gave her two kuai: two big coins. Mum gave her twenty one-mao coins: twenty small ones.

Xiaoxing was delighted: 'Mum gave me more money, Dad gave me less!'

Mum said, 'No. Ten one-mao coins make one kuai. Twenty one-mao coins make two kuai. We both gave you two kuai.'

Dad said, 'Look, the coins say 一元 and 一角. But when we talk, we say 一块 and 一毛.'

Xiaoxing went quiet. She looked at Dad's money, then at Mum's money.

In the evening, Dad asked her, 'Xiaoxing, what would you like? Two kuai, or five one-mao coins?'

Xiaoxing said, 'I want five one-mao coins! I want the one with more!'

Dad gave her five one-mao coins.

In her room, Xiaoxing looked at her money: one, two, three, four, five. Five one-mao coins make five mao.

She thought for a moment, then went to find Dad: 'Dad, I want fifteen more one-mao coins!'