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Buying a Prepaid Cell Phone Card

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ID: 1851 Elementary
So you've just had an hour-long argument with your landlord about the electricity bill or exchanged a few hundred texts with your significant other; either way your phone is out of credit. Don't panic! Learn how to recharge your cell phone minutes in today's highly useful Elementary lesson.
Fri Jan 20 2012 | Dilu, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
张 zhāng [measure word]
手机 shǒujī cell phone
充值 chōngzhí to recharge; to replenish
移动 Yídòng Mobile
你好，我要一张手机充值卡。
nǐhǎo ，wǒ yào yī zhāng shǒujī chōngzhí kǎ 。
Hi, I want to buy a cell phone recharge card.
移动的还是联通的？
Yídòng de háishi Liántōng de ？
China Mobile or China Unicom?
移动的。
Yídòng de 。
China Mobile.
要多少钱的？
yào duōshǎo qián de ？
What price do you want?
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