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原价 (yuán jià) — original price (before discount); cost price, wholesale price, production cost

Definition

原价 is the price before a discount, OR the cost/wholesale price a seller pays. From the buyer's view it's the 'original' sticker price; in trade it means 'cost' — context decides which.

noun
original price (before discount)cost pricewholesale priceproduction cost

Examples

  • 原价，。
    Zhè jiàn yī fu de yuán jià shì wǔ bǎi yuán, xiàn zài zhī mài sān bǎi.
    The original price of this piece of clothing was 500 yuan, but now it's only 300.
  • 原价。
    Pī fā shāng yǐ yuán jià de sān bèi jià gé mài gěi líng shòu shāng.
    Wholesalers sell to retailers at three times the cost price.
  • 原价，。
    Zhè pī huò de yuán jià tài gāo, wǒ men zhuàn bú dào qián.
    The production cost of this batch is too high; we can't make a profit.

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.

原yuánoriginal
价jiàprice

原 means original and 价 means price, together giving the original price before changes.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

原 combines 泉 (spring) and 厂 (cliff), picturing a spring bursting from a cliff-side, which gives the sense of origin or source.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rén
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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