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Exchanging Dollars for RMB

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ID: 1872 Elementary
  One of the first things you're going to need to do in China is change some of your hard-earned cash into spendable RMB. Today's dialogue follows one such traveler as they venture into a local bank. Learn all the vital vocab for exchanging money using Mandarin Chinese in today's elementary lesson.
Sun Feb 19 2012 | Greg, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
办 bàn to do, to process
换钱 huànqián to change money
换 huàn to exchange
美金 měijīn American dollar
您好，要办什么？
nínhǎo ， yào bàn shénme ？
Hi, what do you need?
我要换钱。
wǒ yào huànqián 。
I'd like to change money.
美金换人民币吗？
měijīn huàn rénmínbì ma ？
Change American dollars to RMB?
对！
duì ！
Right!
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