day 119popular or not?
unit 18 · money & shoppingpopular or not?
Pick up an online order, talk about what’s in and what’s not, and say “count as, more or less” with 算(是).
today’s words
- 熱門 rèmén · popular, in demand
- 櫃臺 guìtái · counter, front desk
- 富裕 fùyù · well-off, prosperous
- 冷門 lěngmén · unpopular, niche
- 訂購 dìnggòu · order, place an order
- 縮水 suōshuǐ · shrink (in the wash)
- 攤子 tānzi · stall, stand
- 靴子 xuēzi · boots
- 鈔票 chāopiào · banknote
- 支票 zhīpiào · cheque
- 衣裳 yīshang · clothes (old-fashioned)
- 鑽石 zuànshí · diamond
- 算是 suànshì · count as, more or less
- 光明 guāngmíng · bright, promising
- 灰 huī · grey; dust, ash
- 建 jiàn · build
- 儘量 jǐnliàng · as far as possible
- 類似 lèisì · similar
sentences
- 這個價錢算是便宜了。 · For that price, it counts as cheap.
- 他算是我在臺灣最好的朋友。 · He’s more or less my best friend in Taiwan.
- 這種工作在臺灣算是很熱門。 · This kind of job is pretty popular in Taiwan.
- 我的毛衣洗了一次就縮水了。 · My jumper shrank after one wash.
- 這張桌子上有一層灰。 · There’s a layer of dust on this table.