Intermediate - Converting Korean Money (C2315)

A: 蔡蔡,你从韩国回来了。
Càicai, nǐ cóng Hánguó huílai le.
Caicai, you've come back from Korea.
B: 嗯,这是我帮你们带的东西。
ng4, zhè shì wǒ bāng nǐmen dài de dōngxi.
Yeah, I brought this stuff back for you all.
C: 多少钱啊?我给你钱。
duōshǎo qián a? wǒ gěi nǐ qián.
How much did it cost? I'll give you some money.
B: 后面有价格。
hòumian yǒu jiàgé.
The price is on the back.
C: 哇,这么多零,个十百千万,这个要40000。
wā, zhème duō líng, gè shí bǎi qiān wàn, zhè gè yào sì wàn.
Whoa, there are so many zeroes. Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands. This one cost 40,000.
B: 哦,那是韩币。我去的那天汇率是180,所以你们除以180,算出来的才是人民币价格。
ò, nà shì Hánbì. wǒ qù de nà tiān huìlǜ shì yībǎi bā, suǒyǐ nǐmen chúyǐ yībǎi bā, suàn chūlái de cáishì rénmínbì jiàgé.
Oh, that's in Korean won. The day that I went the exchange rate was 180, so if you divide by 180, then you can calculate the price in RMB.
C: 吓死我了。我算算看,40000除以180等于222。
xià sǐ wǒ le. wǒ suàn suan kàn, sì wàn chúyǐ yībǎi bā děngyú èrbǎi èrshí èr.
You scared me. Let me calculate. 40,000 divided by 180 equals 222.
A: 这个乳液才两百二啊?我上次让朋友从香港带,要两百六呢。
zhè gè rǔyè cái liǎngbǎi èr a? wǒ shàngcì ràng péngyou cóng Xiānggǎng dài, yào liǎngbǎi liù ne.
This cream is only two twenty? Last time I had my friend bring some from Hong Kong it cost two sixty.
C: 哎,韩国买东西要加税吗?
ái, Hánguó mǎi dōngxi yào jiā shuì ma?
Oh, do you have to pay tax when buying things in Korea?
B: 不用,外国人买东西还能退税,不过不太多,我就没退。
bùyòng, wàiguórén mǎi dōngxi hái néng tuìshuì, bùguò bùtài duō, wǒ jiù méi tuì.
No. Foreigners who buy things can get a tax rebate, but it's not that much so I didn't do it.
A: 韩国的东西这么划算,那我们以后都去韩国买吧。
Hánguó de dōngxi zhème huásuàn, nà wǒmen yǐhòu dōu qù Hánguó mǎi ba.
Things in Korea are such a good deal. Then later on we'll go to Korea to buy all our stuff.
B: 那也不一定,要看产品的价格,还要看当时的汇率,但是总之肯定比在国内买划算。
nà yě bù yīdìng, yào kàn chǎnpǐn de jiàgé, hái yào kàn dāngshí de huìlǜ, dànshì zǒngzhī kěndìng bǐ zài guónèi mǎi huásuàn.
I'm not so sure. You need to consider the price of the product and also the exchange rate at that time. But it's always going be a better deal than here in China.

Key Vocabulary

dài to bring
价格 jiàgé price
qiān 1,000
wàn 10,000
韩币 Hánbì Korean won
除以 chúyǐ to divide
人民币 rénmínbì Renminbi
等于 děngyú equal to
乳液 rǔyè cream
退 tuì to return
退税 tuìshuì to give a tax rebate
划算 huásuàn worth it

Supplementary Vocabulary

港币 Gǎngbì Hong Kong dollar
台币 Táibì Taiwan dollar
加币 Jiābì Canadian dollar
十万 shíwàn 100,000
百万 bǎiwàn 1,000,000
保湿 bǎoshī moisturizer
防晒 fángshài sunblock
美白 měibái white, pale
化妆品 huàzhuāngpǐn cosmetics
合算 hésuàn worthwhile, to be a good deal
代购 dàigòu to buy for someone

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