还能再加点不 五
“Could you offer a higher bid? Five...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
五百金
“Five hundred taels of gold?”
还能再加点不 五
“Could you offer a higher bid? Five...”
五百一十金
“Five hundred and ten taels of gold!”
“Five hundred gold is decent, but come on, push it a little higher.”
Asking tentatively whether a price can be raised or lowered is standard in informal Chinese commerce to test the other party's ceiling.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
can you add a bit more?
A highly colloquial way to ask for an increment in price, quantity, or effort in casual negotiations.
Functions here as an informal sentence-final question tag equivalent to 'or not'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If not, we'll add more incentive.”
“See if you want anything else. (Liang Danning) Don't mention it. I'm really unlucky.”
“We can't give him any more money.”
“Like it? I'll add a little extra.”
“convince the owner by paying a higher rent.”
“will I still receive the compensation?”