Unit 33 Guidebook: chat in a shop


KEY PHRASES

Chat in a shop

您需要帮忙吗?
Do you need help?
我只是随便看看。
I am just looking.

他们十一点开门。
They open at 11.

对不起,我们周末关门。
Sorry, we are closed on weekends.

这个商店的衣服贵不贵?
Are the clothes at this store expensive?

您想买什么?
What would you like to buy?
TIP

Wherever you like!

随便 is tricky to translate but very useful! It’s used to mean however, wherever, or anywhere you like. Check it out!

随便坐!
(Qǐng suíbiàn zuò!) Please sit wherever you like!
我只是随便看看。
(Wǒ zhǐshì suíbiàn kàn kan.) I'm just looking. (literally: I’m looking however I like.)
随便你!
(Suíbiàn nǐ!) It’s up to you! (literally: However you like.)