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售价 (shòu jià) — selling price

Definition

售价 is specifically the price at which something is sold (the seller's asking/transaction price), more specific than the general 价格 or 价钱. Compare 定价 (the act/decision of setting a price) and 单价 (price per unit).

noun
selling price

Examples

  • 售价？
    Zhè bù diàn nǎo de shòu jià shì duō shǎo?
    What is the selling price of this computer?
  • 售价。
    Xīn chǎn pǐn de shòu jià bǐ jiù kuǎn gāo.
    The selling price of the new product is higher than the old model.
  • 售价。
    Zhè ge pǐn pái de shòu jià yì zhí hěn hé lǐ.
    The selling price of this brand has always been very reasonable.

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.

售shòusell
价jiàprice

售 refers to selling, and 价 to price, giving the price at which something is sold.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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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HSK 3.0 Level 5

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