单价 (dān jià) — unit price | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

单价 is the per-unit price — the cost of ONE item, not a total. More specific and technical than 价格/价钱, which refer to price in general.

noun

unit price

Examples

单价。
Zhè jiā chāo shì de dān jià bǐ nà jiā pián yi hěn duō.
The unit price at this supermarket is much cheaper than that one.
单价。
Hé tong lǐ xiě míng le měi gè chǎn pǐn de dān jià.
The contract specifies the unit price of each product.
，单价。
Yīn wèi yuán liào zhǎng jià, dān jià yě tí gāo le.
Because raw material prices rose, the unit price has also increased.

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.

单dānsingle/unit

The 价 (price) for a 单 (single unit).

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 單; 单 is its simplified writing.

The form 單 originally pictured a Y-shaped wooden stick with two stones on top.

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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