Chinese words for shopping
All 50 words, each with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a Chinese sentence it appears in.
Shopping is a script: the same twenty exchanges in the same order, in every shop in the country.
This is the exact chinese words for shopping set the LearnScreen app reviews — every word with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a Chinese sentence it appears in — so nothing here is a sample of something larger you have to pay to see.
Simplified characters, with pinyin and tone marks in the pronunciation column.
All 50 words
| # | Chinese | English | Pinyin | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 商店 | store, shop | shāngdiàn | 商店九点开门。 |
| 2 | 超市 | supermarket | chāoshì | 超市在我家附近。 |
| 3 | 购物中心 | mall, shopping centre | gòuwù zhōngxīn | 周末我们去购物中心。 |
| 4 | 店铺 | shop | diànpù | 拐角处有一家小店铺。 |
| 5 | 价格 | price | jiàgé | 这件衬衫的价格是多少? |
| 6 | 成本 | cost | chéngběn | 对我来说成本太高了。 |
| 7 | 折扣 | discount | zhékòu | 今天有大折扣。 |
| 8 | 促销 | sale | cùxiāo | 促销下周开始。 |
| 9 | 特价 | bargain | tèjià | 今天我找到了特价商品。 |
| 10 | 优惠券 | coupon | yōuhuìquàn | 我有这家店的优惠券。 |
| 11 | 收银员 | cashier | shōuyínyuán | 请在收银员那里付款。 |
| 12 | 柜台 | counter | guìtái | 请放在柜台上。 |
| 13 | 篮子 | basket | lánzi | 把苹果放进篮子里。 |
| 14 | 购物车 | cart, trolley | gòuwùchē | 购物车在入口附近。 |
| 15 | 卖场 | section | màichǎng | 牛奶在乳制品卖场。 |
| 16 | 货架 | shelf | huòjià | 书在最上面的货架上。 |
| 17 | 试衣间 | fitting room, changing room | shìyījiān | 试衣间在哪里? |
| 18 | 尺寸 | size | chǐcùn | 你穿多大尺寸的? |
| 19 | 品牌 | brand | pǐnpái | 这是一个热门品牌。 |
| 20 | 质量 | quality | zhìliàng | 这个包的质量很好。 |
| 21 | 保修 | warranty | bǎoxiū | 这个产品有两年保修。 |
| 22 | 退款 | refund | tuìkuǎn | 我可以退款吗? |
| 23 | 换货 | exchange | huànhuò | 我想换这件衬衫。 |
| 24 | 购买 | purchase | gòumǎi | 感谢您的购买。 |
| 25 | 顾客 | customer | gùkè | 顾客现在要付款。 |
| 26 | 卖家 | seller | màijiā | 卖家给了我一个好价格。 |
| 27 | 批发 | wholesale | pīfā | 他们批发购买省钱。 |
| 28 | 零售 | retail | língshòu | 这是一家零售商店。 |
| 29 | 账单 | bill, check | zhàngdān | 请给我账单。 |
| 30 | 袋子 | bag | dàizi | 你需要袋子吗? |
| 31 | 包装 | wrapping | bāozhuāng | 包装非常漂亮。 |
| 32 | 标签 | label | biāoqiān | 看标签上的价格。 |
| 33 | 昂贵的 | expensive | ángguì de | 这件夹克太昂贵了。 |
| 34 | 便宜的 | cheap | piányi de | 我在网上找到了便宜的酒店。 |
| 35 | 实惠的 | affordable | shíhuì de | 这部手机很实惠。 |
| 36 | 订单 | order | dìngdān | 我昨天下了订单。 |
| 37 | 配送 | delivery | pèisòng | 配送需要三天。 |
| 38 | 运输 | shipping | yùnshū | 五十元以上免运费。 |
| 39 | 追踪 | tracking | zhuīzōng | 你可以在线查看追踪信息。 |
| 40 | 网购 | online shopping | wǎnggòu | 我更喜欢在家网购。 |
| 41 | 付款 | payment | fùkuǎn | 现金还是刷卡付款? |
| 42 | 找零 | change | zhǎolíng | 这是您的找零。 |
| 43 | 免税 | tax-free | miǎnshuì | 这家店是免税的吗? |
| 44 | 试穿 | try on | shìchuān | 我可以试穿这双鞋吗? |
| 45 | 浏览 | browse | liúlǎn | 我喜欢先浏览再买。 |
| 46 | 库存 | inventory | kùcún | 我们需要检查库存。 |
| 47 | 缺货 | out of stock | quēhuò | 抱歉,这件商品缺货了。 |
| 48 | 商人 | merchant | shāngrén | 他是当地的商人。 |
| 49 | 集市 | marketplace | jíshì | 集市星期天开放。 |
| 50 | 逛街 | window shopping | guàngjiē | 我们喜欢一起逛街。 |
How to actually learn them
Learn the phrases alongside the nouns — the question you will be asked matters more than the item you came for.
Reading a list is not learning it. A word needs roughly eight to twelve spaced recall attempts before it stays, which is why the useful question is not how many words to read but how many times you need to meet a word and how to space the reviews.
Let the list come to you
LearnScreen blocks the apps you keep opening and shows one of these Chinese words instead. Answer it and the app opens. The 50 words above are already in it.
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