{"id":9768,"date":"2014-02-10T09:30:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=9768"},"modified":"2014-02-06T01:00:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T05:00:44","slug":"at-the-market-everyday-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/at-the-market-everyday-items\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Market &#8211; Everyday Items"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever gone into a market in China and embarrassed yourself trying to use body and sign language to get across the items you&#8217;re looking for? I know I have! In an effort to make your trips to the local Chinese market a little more efficient and stress free, we&#8217;ve been teaching some useful shopping vocabulary here on the Chinese blog. In case you&#8217;re just joining us, here are links for the last few posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/at-the-market-vegetables\/\">Vegetables<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/at-the-market-fruit\/\">Fruit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/at-the-market-meat-seafood\/\">Meat\/Seafood<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You don&#8217;t just go to the market to buy stuff to eat, though &#8211; you also need everyday items for cleaning your apartment and (hopefully) yourself.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9770\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/2011112916500039970.jpg\" aria-label=\"2011112916500039970 300x250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9770\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9770\" alt=\"Don't be afraid if you can't read the labels!\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/2011112916500039970-300x250.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#8217;t be afraid if you can&#8217;t read the labels!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To help you build your Chinese vocabulary more and increase your confidence when shopping in China, here are 20 useful words for everyday items:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-06-at-11.45.34-AM.png\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2014 02 06 At 11.45.34 AM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9769\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-02-06 at 11.45.34 AM\"  width=\"454\" height=\"456\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-06-at-11.45.34-AM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-06-at-11.45.34-AM.png 454w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-06-at-11.45.34-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-06-at-11.45.34-AM-348x350.png 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/2011112916500039970-350x292.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/2011112916500039970-350x292.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/02\/2011112916500039970.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Have you ever gone into a market in China and embarrassed yourself trying to use body and sign language to get across the items you&#8217;re looking for? 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