FINACES & MONEY | Chinese 2

𝚋𝚢: @𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛.𝚕𝚞𝚟𝚎𝚛 | 𝐇𝐢𝐢𝐢! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞) 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 (𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐈 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬). 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝/𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰! 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 <𝟑.

人民币 (Rénmínbì)

China's official currency, known as the Renminbi or RMB, which is abbreviated as CNY and features the symbol ¥.

一元 (Yīyuán)

The formal way of “one dollar.”

一角 (Yījiǎo)

The formal way of 1 dime; equivalent to 10 cents in Chinese currency.

一分 (Yī fēn)

The formal OR informal way of 1 cent; the smallest unit of currency in China.

一块 (Yīkuài)

The casual way of 1 dollar

一毛 (Yī máo)

The casual way of 1 dime; equivalent to 10 cents in Chinese currency.

折 (zhé)

The term used in China for a discount or percentage reduction on the original price of an item, often seen in sales and promotions.

How are Chinese percentage/discounts different from the American discounts?

Offering final prices instead of percentage reductions and using discounts calculated based on previous prices rather than the full price.

what would 10% off look like in 中国？

90% of the original price. (九折）

what would 20% off look like in 中国？

80% of the original price. (八折）

what would 35% off look like in 中国？

65% of the original price. (六五折）

what would 50% off look like in 中国？

50% of the original price. (五折）

原价（Yuán jià）

The original price before any discounts or reductions.

打折 (dǎ zhé）

The price after a discount is applied.

她喜欢打折时购物。(Tā xǐhuān dǎzhé shí gòuwù.)

She likes shopping when there are discounts.

这​连衣裙​服​打​折​吗​？(Zhè ​liányīqún​ fú​dǎ​ zhé​ ma​?)

Is there any discount for this dress (Is this dress on sale?)

我们打折后买了新家具。(Wǒmen dǎzhé hòu mǎile xīn jiājù.)

We bought new furniture after the discount.

价 (jià)

Price, cost, or value of an item or service.

高价 （gāo jià）

High price, expensive.

廉价 （lián jià）

Low price, inexpensive.

这个手机的价太高价!

The price of this phone is too high!

这双鞋很廉价。(Zhè shuāng xié hěn liánjià.)

(The price of) These shoes are very cheap.

这手机看起来很廉价。(Zhè shǒujī kàn qǐlái hěn liánjià.)

This phone looks very cheap.

那个商人以高价买了一幅胶画。(Nàgè shāngrén yǐ gāojià mǎile yī fú jiāo huà.）

The businessman bought a tempera painting at a high price.

现价 (xiàn jià)

The current price of an item or service.

这款手机的现价是多少? (kuǎn shǒujī de xiànjià shì duōshao?)

What is the current price of this phone?

这个产品的现价已经上涨了。(zhè ge chǎnpǐn de xiànjià yǐjīng shàngzhǎng le.)

The current price of this product has already increased.

如果 (rúguǒ)

If (the price… , then… )

如果这个东西太贵，我就不买了。(Rúguǒ zhè ge dōngxi tài guì, wǒ jiù bù mǎi le.)

If this thing is too expensive, I won't buy it.

如果这个商品打折，我就买。(rúguǒ zhège shāngpǐn dǎzhé, wǒ jiù mǎi)

If this product has a discount, I will buy it. 

花 (huā)

To spend or to cost. (many).

这个书花了多少钱? (zhè ge shū huā le duō shao qián?)

How much did this book cost?

花了 (huā le)

Spent or costed. (Past tense)

我昨天花了50(五十)元。(Wǒ zuótiān huāle 50 yuán)

I spent 50 yuan yesterday.

钱 (qián)

Reffering to money or currency in Chinese.

花钱 (huā qián)

To spend money. (the action)

我不想花钱！(wǒ bù xiǎng huā qián)

I don't want to spend money!

这个手机花了多少钱？(zhè ge shǒu jī huā le duō shao qián?)

How much did this phone cost?

多少 (duō shao)

How much or how many.

花钱买 (huā qián mǎi)

to spend money with purpose of buying.

我花钱买了这本书。(wǒ huā qián mǎi le zhè běn shū)

I bought this book with money.（I spent money to buy this book.）

我花很多钱买了这件衣服 (wǒ huā hěn duō qián mǎi le zhè jiàn yī fū)

I spent a lot of money to buy this piece of clothing. （I spent a lot of money on this piece of clothing. ）

一共 (yī gòng)

the total amount of money spent or required.

一共多少钱? (yī gòng duō shao qián?)

How much in total? (What is the total price?)

这个一共多少钱？(zhège yīgòng duō shao qián?)

How much does this cost in total? (What is the total price for this?)

这些一共要多少钱？(zhèxiē yīgòng yào duō shao qián?)

How much do these cost in total? (What is the total price for these?)

清仓 (qīngcāng)

Clearance; sale where items are marked down to sell quickly to make room for new stock.

清仓后，他们的库存减少了很多。(Qīngcāng hòu, tāmen de kùcún jiǎnshǎo le hěn duō.)

After the clearance sale, their inventory decreased a lot.

由于清仓，许多商品都卖完了。(Yóuyú qīngcāng, xǔduō shāngpǐn dōu màiwán le.)

Because of the clearance, many products were sold out. 

美元 (Měi yuán)

United States / American Dollar (FUN FACT — used in international trade as a standard unit of currency.)

美分 (Měi fēn)

United States / American Cent (1/100 of a dollar)

两元 (Liǎng yuán)

$2.00 (formal)

两块 (Liǎng kuài)

$2.00 (informal)

九元九角九分 (Jiǔ yuán jiǔ jiǎo jiǔ fēn)

$9.99 (formal)

九块九毛九分 (Jiǔ kuài jiǔ máo jiǔ fēn)

$9.99 (informal)

十二元七角三分 (Shí'èr yuán qī jiǎo sān fēn)

$12.73 (formal)

十二块七毛三分 (Shí'èr kuài qī máo sān fēn)

$12.73 (informal)

三十四元七角七分

$34.77 (formal)

三十四块七毛七分 （Sān shí sì kuài qī máo qī fēn）

$34.77 (informal)

两十五元八角二分 （Liǎng shíwǔ kuài bā máo èrfēn）

$25.82 (formal)

两十五块八毛二分 （Liǎng shíwǔ kuài bā máo èrfēn）

$25.82 (informal)

贵 (guì)

Expensive; or costly.

这件衣服太贵了。 (zhè jiàn yīfú tài guì le)

This piece of clothing is too expensive.

我不能买这个，太贵了 (wǒ bùnéng mǎi zhège, tài guì le)

I can't buy this, it's too expensive.

便宜 (piányi)

Cheap; or inexpensive.