Shopping Online

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 网上
  wǎng shang

  online

• 上网
  shàngwǎng

  to go online; to connect to the Internet

• 买
  mǎi

  to buy; to purchase

• 卖
  mài

  to sell; to betray; to spare no effort

• 东西
  dōngxi

  thing; stuff; person

• 手机
  shǒujī

  cell phone; mobile phone

• 电脑
  diànnǎo

  computer

• 衣服
  yīfu

  clothes

• 打折
  dǎzhé

  to give a discount

• 便宜
  piányi

  cheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage

• 贵
  guì

  expensive; highly valued; precious

• 价格
  jiàgé

  price

• 快递
  kuàidì

  express delivery

• 满意
  mǎnyì

  to one's satisfaction; satisfied; pleased

• 评价
  píngjià

  to evaluate; to assess

• 店
  diàn

  inn; old-style hotel; shop

• 如果
  rúguǒ

  if; in case

• 就
  jiù

  (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then

• 才
  cái

  only then; just; only

• 百
  bǎi

  hundred; numerous; all kinds of

• 千
  qiān

  thousand

• 万
  wàn

  ten thousand; a great number

• 块
  kuài

  lump; chunk; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc

• 元
  yuán

  currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original

• 认真
  rènzhēn

  conscientious; earnest; serious

• 怎么办
  zěnme bàn

  what's to be done

The lesson’s grammar

• 如果…就…: if… then…

  如果 + condition，(Subject) + 就 + result

• 就 vs 才: early/easy vs late/hard

  Time / Quantity + 就 + V + 了 / Time / Quantity + 才 + V

• 什么都 / 谁都 / 哪儿都: everything, everyone, everywhere

  什么 / 谁 / 哪儿 / 怎么 + 都 / 也 + (不/没) + Verb

• 地: manner (adverbial + 地 + verb)

  Adj / reduplicated Adj + 地 + Verb

• Big numbers: 百, 千, 万

  … 万 … 千 … 百 … 十 …