Intermediate - Getting the Correct Change (C1494)

A: 小姐,一共183块6。
xiǎojie, yīgòng yībǎi bāshí sān kuài liù.
Miss, your total is 183 kuai and 6 mao.
B: 给你200。
gěi nǐ liǎngbǎi.
Here's 200.
A: 找您7块4。
zhǎo nín qī kuài sì.
Here's 7 kuai and 4 mao in change.
B: 哎,找错了吧?
āi, zhǎo cuò le ba?
Um, I think you gave me the wrong change.
A: 哦,不好意思,我再算算。
o, bùhǎoyìsi, wǒ zài suàn suan.
Sorry, let me count it again.
B: 没事。等一下,我好像有零钱。
méishì. děng yīxià, wǒ hǎoxiàng yǒu língqián.
It's OK. One second, I think I have change.
A: 好。有零的最好了。
hǎo. yǒu líng de zuì hǎo le.
OK. If you have change, that'd be best.
B: 给你3块6,现在你找我20就行了。
gěi nǐ sān kuài liù, xiànzài nǐ zhǎo wǒ èrshí jiù xíng le.
Here's 3 kuai and 6 mao. Now you can give me 20 in change, and we'll be even.
A: 嗯。找您20。请稍等。
ng4. zhǎo nín èrshí. qǐng shāoděng.
OK. I'll give you 20. One moment.
B: 这个二十块这么旧,帮我换两张十块的吧。
zhè ge èrshí kuài zhème jiù, bāng wǒ huàn liǎng zhāng shí kuài de ba.
This 20 kuai is so old. Could you exchange it for two ten-kuai bills for me?
A: 行。那请再等一下。
xíng. nà qǐng zài děng yīxià.
Sure. Then wait another moment please.

Key Vocabulary

一共 yīgòng altogether
找 zhǎo to give change
错 cuò incorrectly
算 suàn to calculate
好像 hǎoxiàng to seem as if
零钱 língqián small change
就 jiù just
稍等 shāoděng to wait a moment
旧 jiù old
帮 bāng to help
换 huàn to exchange
张 zhāng [measure word for flat objects]

Supplementary Vocabulary

收银员 shōuyínyuán clerk
超市 chāoshì supermarket
计算 jìsuàn to calculate, to count
找零 zhǎolíng to give change
毛 máo 1/10 of 1 RMB, dime
角 jiǎo 1/10 of 1 RMB, dime

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