Surviving China: Money

by Matt Dela Peña

PRC currency has two names: yuan (¥) (元) and Renminbi (RMB). HOWEVER, if you purchase anything anywhere, the shopkeeper will always refer to it as "kuài". One kuài is like one "dollar". One kuài is divided into 10 máo (毛) (kind of like our cents). There are two máo coins: 1 máo (10 "cents") and 5 máo (50 "cents"). So, when the shopkeeper says "shí wǔ kuài sān," she is asking for 15.30 元. Got it? Great!

Surviving China: Counting to 1000

by Matt Dela Peña

After you have zero to ten memorize, the rest of the numbers are fairly easy and straightforward.

Surviving China: Basic numbers

by Matt Dela Peña

How to count in Chinese is probably the most important thing you need know when you go to China. Paying by card and getting receipts back are, in fact, not very common. So first, here's a cute girl who shows you how to count with your hands in China. Yes, it is very useful.