Chinese Vocabulary for: Shopping at a convenience store
Convenience stores (便利商店) in Taiwan and mainland China are full of useful phrases: buying a drink, heating food, asking for a receipt, or paying with WeChat Pay. This page gives you the vocabulary and sentences you need for 7-Eleven, FamilyMart, or local 便利店, aimed at A2–B2 learners and HSK 3–6. You'll learn how to ask to heat something, get a bag, or say 'just this' at the counter. Pair this with example sentences and spaced repetition so the phrases stick.
When you'd use this
Use this when buying items at a convenience store, asking to heat food, getting a bag, asking for a receipt, or paying with cash or phone.
Key vocabulary
- 便利店biàn lì diàn• convenience store
- 加热jiā rè• heat up
- 就这些jiù zhè xiē• just these
- 收银台shōu yín tái• counter
- 关东煮guān dōng zhǔ• oden
- 饭团fàn tuán• rice ball
- 矿泉水kuàng quán shuǐ• bottled water
- 发票fā piào• receipt
- 袋子dài zi• bag
- 扫码sǎo má• scan to pay
- 会员huì yuán• member
- 积分jī fēn• points
- 找零zhǎo líng• change
- 微波wēi bō• microwave
Example sentences
请帮我加热一下。
Qǐng bāng wǒ jiā rè yī xià.
Please heat this up for me.
就这些，谢谢。
Jiù zhè xiē, xiè xie.
Just these, thanks.
要袋子吗？
Yào dài zi ma?
Do you need a bag?
可以扫码吗？
Kě yǐ sǎo má ma?
Can I pay by scanning?
有发票吗？
Yǒu fā piào ma?
Do you have a receipt?
这个用微波加热。
Zhè ge yòng wēi bō jiā rè.
Heat this in the microwave.
Common mistakes / natural phrasing
'加热' is 'heat up'; '请帮我加热一下' is the natural way to ask. '就这些' means 'just these' (that's all). In Taiwan you'll often hear '需要袋子吗？' for 'do you need a bag.'
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