便宜 piányi — cheap, inexpensive

Meanings

1. 1

   cheap, inexpensive

   Low in price. In a market 便宜一点儿吧 is the standard opening of a haggle, and it carries no suggestion that the goods are poor.

   adjective

Example sentences

• 这件衣服很便宜。/這件衣服很便宜。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) jiàn (fourth tone, falling) yīfu (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) piányi. (second tone, rising)···

  This piece of clothing is cheap.

• 能便宜一点儿吗？/能便宜一點兒嗎？Néng (second tone, rising) piányi (second tone, rising) yìdiǎnr (fourth tone, falling) ma? (neutral tone)···

  Could you make it a bit cheaper?

Common mistakes

• Not quitebiànyí

  Correctpiányi

  便 has two readings: biàn in 方便 "convenient", but pián here. The second syllable is also unstressed, so the word is piányi, not piányí.

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