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块塊 kuài — yuan (spoken measure word for money)

kuài (fourth tone, falling)kuai4

Traditional: 塊

yuan (spoken measure word for money)

HSK 1· HSK 1–4 (classic)measure
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Meanings

  1. yuan (spoken measure word for money)

    The everyday word for a unit of Chinese currency. Written and formal Chinese uses 元 yuán, but nobody says 元 at a market stall — prices are quoted in 块.

    measure

  2. a piece, a lump (of something solid)

    measure

Example sentences

  • 这个杯子二十块。這個杯子二十塊。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) bēizi (first tone, high and level) èrshí (fourth tone, falling) kuài. (fourth tone, falling)···

    This cup is twenty yuan.

  • 这些苹果十块钱。這些蘋果十塊錢。Zhèxiē (fourth tone, falling) píngguǒ (second tone, rising) shí (second tone, rising) kuài (fourth tone, falling) qián. (second tone, rising)···

    These apples come to ten yuan.

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