Shopping In Mandarin

When you are out shopping, try out this Mandarin sentence pattern to get exactly what you want:

Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu XX yìdiǎnde?

This means "Do you have one a little XX?" The XX can be replaced with just about any adjective, such as:

• dà (bigger)
• xiǎo (smaller)
• piányi (less expensive)
• hǎo (better)
• tián (sweeter)
• hóng (redder)