高价 (gāo jià) — high price | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A high or expensive price (noun), used to describe what something costs. Contrast with 价格/价钱 (general 'price') and the adjective 低价 (low price).

noun

high price

Examples

高价。
Tā huā le gāo jià cái mǎi dào nà zhāng piào.
He spent a high price just to get that ticket.
高价。
Zhè jiā diàn de dōng xī mài dé gāo jià.
The things in this shop are sold at a high price.
高价，。
Yīn wèi gāo jià, hěn duō rén mǎi bù qǐ fáng zi.
Because of the high price, many people can't afford a house.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

高 (high) and 价 (price) combine to mean a high price.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

人介价

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

介

介jiè价jiè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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HSK 3.0 Level 4 Money & Currency

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