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
zhǎo to give change
cuò incorrectly
suàn to calculate
好像 hǎoxiàng to seem as if
零钱 língqián small change
jiù just
稍等 shāoděng to wait a moment
jiù old
bāng to help
huàn to exchange
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
máo 1/10 of 1 RMB, dime
jiǎo 1/10 of 1 RMB, dime

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