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Inexpensive in Chinese

inexpensive · HSK 1

便宜 pián yi

  1. 便 biàn convenient
  2. 宜 yí suitable

这家店的水果很便宜。 The fruit at this shop is very cheap.

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How do you say inexpensive in Chinese?

Inexpensive in Chinese is 便宜 (pián yi).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

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The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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