Intermediate - Counterfeit Money (C1020)

A 一共八十块。
yīgòng bāshí kuài.
Your total is eighty kuai.
B 给。
gěi.
Here you go.
A 哎,这张一百块是假的。
āi, zhè zhāng yībǎi kuài shì jiǎ de.
Oh, this one-hundred kuai note is fake.
B 什么?
shénme?
Huh?
A 你自己看,颜色不一样。你的这张那么红。
nǐ zìjǐ kàn, yánsè bù yīyàng. nǐ de zhè zhāng nàme hóng.
Look for yourself, the color is different. Your note is really red.
B 因为是新的。你看毛泽东的头像上有水印,肯定是真的。
yīnwèi shì xīn de. nǐ kàn Máo Zédōng de tóuxiàng shang yǒu shuǐyìn, kěndìng shì zhēn de.
That's because it's new. Look, there's a watermark on Mao Zedong's head. It's definitely real.
A 现在假钞上也有水印。我再拿一张一百的,你自己比比看。
xiànzài jiǎchāo shang yě yǒu shuǐyìn. wǒ zài ná yī zhāng yībǎi de, nǐ zìjǐ bǐbi kàn.
These days counterfeit notes also have watermarks. I'll take out another one-hundred kuai note. You can compare for yourself.
B 这怎么看得出来?
zhè zěnme kàn de chūlái?
How can you tell?
A 你摸摸看。你的这张比真的要薄多了。
nǐ mōmo kàn. nǐ de zhè zhāng bǐ zhēn de yào báo duō le.
Rub it a little. Your note is much thinner than a real one.
B 我感觉差不多啊。
wǒ gǎnjué chàbuduō a.
It feels about the same to me.
A 你这是假的,假钞我不能收。
nǐ zhè shì jiǎ de, jiǎchāo wǒ bù néng shōu.
Your note is fake. I can't accept counterfeit bills.
B 可我只有一百块。
kě wǒ zhǐ yǒu yībǎi kuài.
But I only have one one-hundred kuai note.
A 反正我不能收。
fǎnzhèng wǒ bù néng shōu.
Well anyway, I can't take it.
B 那附近有验钞机吗?我们一起去验。
nà fùjìn yǒu yànchāojī ma? wǒmen yīqǐ qù yàn.
Is there a banknote verifier anywhere near here? Let's go test it together.
A 我还要做生意呢,哪有时间?
wǒ hái yào zuò shēngyi ne, nǎ yǒu shíjiān?
I'm busy working here. Where would I get the time?
B 唉,你这个人怎么这样啊?
āi, nǐ zhè ge rén zěnme zhèyàng a?
Agh, how can you be this way?

Key Vocabulary

假 jiǎ fake
颜色 yánsè color
新 xīn new
头像 tóuxiàng portrait
水印 shuǐyìn watermark
肯定 kěndìng certainly
假钞 jiǎchāo counterfeit bill
看得出来 kàn de chūlái to be able to tell by looking
看 kàn to see
薄 báo thin
比 bǐ in comparison with
感觉 gǎnjué to feel
差不多 chàbuduō more or less the same
摸 mō to touch
收 shōu to accept
反正 fǎnzhèng anyway
附近 fùjìn in the vicinity
验钞机 yànchāojī money verifier
验 yàn to examine
做生意 zuò shēngyi to do business

Supplementary Vocabulary

比较 bǐjiào relatively
比赛 bǐsài competition
钞票 chāopiào paper money
厚 hòu thick
小贩 xiǎofàn vendor
看不出来 kàn bu chūlái to be unable to tell by looking