多少钱 两千一
“How much? 2,100.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Sir, your total is 2,100 yuan.”
多少钱 两千一
“How much? 2,100.”
“Maybe just put it on Zhao's tab?”
“Two thousand one hundred? That's quite a bit—maybe I shouldn't cover this myself.”
In Chinese business dining, familiar VIP patrons often keep a running tab (记账) at restaurants rather than settling each bill on the spot.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how much is it?
The most fundamental spoken phrase for asking a price or checking a total.
twenty-one hundred; 2,100
Spoken truncation where the trailing counter '百' (hundred) is omitted after '一'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What? Over 2,000?”
“It was nearly 20,000. It was less than 20,000.”
“What 20,000 taels of silver?”
“to raise Ziqiu these years, right?”
“I heard it's over ten million. Over ten million?”
“1000 stays. That won't do.”