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Money in Chinese

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Money and the yuan

  1. qián钱

    money

  2. rén人mín民bì币

    renminbi; RMB (Chinese currency)

  3. yuán元

    yuan (unit of Chinese money)

  4. kuài块

    classifier for money: yuan

  5. jiǎo角

    jiao (one tenth of a yuan)

  6. máo毛

    mao (one tenth of a yuan)

  7. xiàn现jīn金

    cash

  8. líng零qián钱

    small change; coins

  9. yìng硬bì币

    coin

  10. zhǐ纸bì币

    paper money; banknote

Paying

  1. fù付qián钱

    to pay

  2. mǎi买dān单

    to pay the bill

  3. zhǎo找qián钱

    to give change

  4. sǎo扫mǎ码

    to scan a code (QR or bar code)

  5. zhī支fù付bǎo宝

    Alipay

  6. wēi微xìn信zhī支fù付

    WeChat Pay (payment service)

  7. shuā刷kǎ卡

    to swipe a card; to pay by card

  8. xìn信yòng用kǎ卡

    credit card

  9. yín银háng行kǎ卡

    bank card

  10. fā发piào票

    invoice; receipt

Prices and bargaining

  1. jià价gé格

    price

  2. jià价qián钱

    price

  3. pián便yi宜

    cheap; inexpensive

  4. guì贵

    expensive; costly

  5. dǎ打zhé折

    to give a discount; to be on sale

  6. kǎn砍jià价

    to bargain; to haggle

  7. miǎn免fèi费

    free (of charge)

  8. xiǎo小fèi费

    tip; gratuity

At the bank

  1. yín银háng行

    bank

  2. qǔ取qián钱

    to withdraw money

  3. cún存qián钱

    to save money; to deposit money

  4. huàn换qián钱

    to change money; to exchange currency

  5. huì汇lǜ率

    exchange rate

  6. zhuǎn转zhàng账

    to transfer money (between accounts); bank transfer

  7. yú余é额

    balance (of an account)

  8. měi美yuán元

    US dollar

  9. ōu欧yuán元

    euro (currency)

  10. yīng英bàng镑

    pound sterling

  11. rì日yuán元

    Japanese yen

  12. gǎng港bì币

    Hong Kong dollar

Earning and spending

  1. zhuàn赚qián钱

    to make money; to earn money

  2. huā花qián钱

    to spend money

  3. shěng省qián钱

    to save money; economical

  4. jiè借qián钱

    to borrow money

  5. gōng工zī资

    wages; salary

  6. hóng红bāo包

    red envelope (gift of money)

  7. yā压suì岁qián钱

    money given to children at Chinese New Year

How do you say money in Chinese?

钱 (qián, money). China’s currency is 人民币 (rénmínbì, renminbi), “the people’s money”, or RMB, and its unit is the 元 (yuán, yuan).

Is it yuan or kuai?

Both. Prices are written in 元, and people say 块 (kuài): ¥2.50 is 两块五 (liǎng kuài wǔ), with the last unit dropped. A tenth of a yuan is written 角 (jiǎo, jiao) and said 毛 (máo, mao).

How do you ask how much something is?

Say 多少钱？(duōshao qián?). To bargain, 太贵了 (tài guì le) is too expensive, and 便宜一点吧 (piányi yìdiǎn ba) asks for it a little cheaper.

How do people pay in China?

Mostly by 扫码 (sǎomǎ, to scan a code) with 微信支付 (wēixìnzhīfù, WeChat Pay) or 支付宝 (zhīfùbǎo, Alipay); cash, 现金 (xiànjīn), still works.

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