价 jià price
price; value
How to remember 价: 亻 person + 介 between = price. At the flea market a person stands between two buyers who both wave their money, and slowly raises the price.
Component breakdown
价 = 亻 person + 介 between
- 亻 person
- 介 between
- 𠆢 tent
- 丿 falling stroke
- 丨 stick
At the flea market a person stands between two buyers who both wave their money, and slowly raises the price.
How it is used
- Price/value - 价格 (jiàgé) price, 价钱 (jiàqián) price, 价值 (jiàzhí) value/worth.
- 价格 (jiàgé) is the more formal/written "price" (price tags, reports); 价钱 (jiàqián) is the everyday spoken one.
- 涨价 (zhǎngjià) prices rise / 降价 (jiàngjià) prices drop; 价值观 (jiàzhíguān) = values/worldview.
Words with 价
- 价格jiàgépriceHSK 4
- 价钱jiàqiánpriceHSK 4
- 低价dījiàlow priceHSK 4
- 降价jiàngjiàto cut the priceHSK 4
- 高价gāojiàhigh priceHSK 4
- 价值jiàzhívalueHSK 5
- 售价shòujiàselling priceHSK 5
- 涨价zhǎngjiàto appreciate (in value)HSK 5
- 物价wùjiàpricesHSK 5
- 评价píngjiàto evaluateHSK 5
- 代价dàijiàpriceHSK 6
- 定价dìngjiàto set a priceHSK 6
- 性价比xìngjiàbǐcost-performance ratioHSK 6
- 房价fángjiàhouse priceHSK 6
- 价位jiàwèiprice levelHSK 7
- 价值观jiàzhíguānvalue systemHSK 7
- 单价dānjiàunit priceHSK 7
- 平价píngjiàreasonably pricedHSK 7
- 讨价还价tǎojià-huánjiàto haggle over priceHSK 7
- 身价shēnjiàsocial statusHSK 7
- 廉价liánjiàcheaply-pricedHSK 8
- 无价之宝wújiàzhībǎopriceless treasureHSK 8
- 物美价廉wùměi-jiàliángood quality and cheapHSK 9
- 造价zàojiàconstruction costHSK 9
Example sentences
- 价格增加了一倍。 Jiàgé zēngjiāle yí bèi.The price doubled.
- 今年玉米种的价格比去年偏高。 Jīnnián yùmǐ zhǒng de jiàgé bǐ qùnián piān gāo.The price of corn seed this year is a bit high compared to last year.
- 他们出的价我十分满意 tā men chū de jià wǒ shí fēn mǎn yìThey made an offer which i could n't refuse .