价钱
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
价钱 (jiàqian) · price
价钱 (jiàqian) means “price”. It is written with 2 characters: 价 (price) + 钱 (money). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 价钱 is built
The characters
价 jià · price
What 价 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 介jiè — agent
- 人rén — person
钱 qián · money
What 钱 is made of
- 钅jīn — metal
- 戋jiān — small
- 戈gē — spear
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 钅 gives the meaning, 戋 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这件衬衫的价钱多少？Zhè jiàn chènshān de jiàqian duōshao?What's the price of this shirt?
这个价钱很便宜。Zhège jiàqian hěn piányi.This price is very cheap.
Questions about 价钱
What does 价钱 mean?
价钱 (jiàqian) means “price”.
How do you pronounce 价钱?
价钱 is pronounced jiàqian.
Which HSK level is 价钱?
价钱 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 价格jiàgéprice
- 价值jiàzhívalue
- 票价piàojiàticket price
- 评价píngjiàto evaluate
- 高价gāojiàhigh price
- 降价jiàngjiàto cut prices
- 特价tèjiàspecial price
- 讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjiàto bargain
- 代价dàijiàprice
- 物美价廉wùměijiàliángood and cheap
Learn 价钱 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 41: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.