那个兜里有五百块钱吗
“Do you have 500 yuan?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
仁哥 我正找你呢
“Brother Ren, I was looking for you.”
那个 兜里有五百块钱吗
“Do you have 500 yuan?”
五百就行
“[Li Penggai, Head of the Security Team of Rongcheng Group] Just 500.”
“Could you lend me 500 yuan? / Do you have 500 bucks on you I could borrow?”
Refers literally to clothing pockets, but in spoken Chinese commonly denotes money carried on one's person. For example, 'dou li mei qian' (no money in one's pocket) frequently indicates being tight on cash.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do you have ... on you / in your pocket
Colloquially used to tactfully probe whether the other person has cash or small items on hand, often serving as an opening line when asking to borrow money or belongings.
Placed at the end of a question to make the request to borrow money sound more tentative and polite, easing the pressure on the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Hand over that 500. 500?”
“Just because you have a few bucks,”
“We didn't bring much money. How much do you want?”
“she probably doesn't even have 100 yuan right now.”
“Is it all there?”
“Are you scared or are your pockets empty?”