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汇率 (huì lǜ) — exchange rate

Definition

汇率 is the price of one currency in terms of another — the 'exchange rate' you check before converting money. Compare with 外汇, which refers to foreign currency itself or the foreign-exchange market.

noun
exchange rate

Examples

  • ，汇率。
    Duì huàn wài bì de shí hou, yào kàn yí xià huì lǜ.
    When exchanging foreign currency, you need to check the exchange rate.
  • 汇率，。
    Zuì jìn huì lǜ bō dòng hěn dà, huàn qián yào xiǎo xīn.
    The exchange rate has been fluctuating a lot recently; be careful when exchanging money.
  • 汇率。
    Yín háng de huì lǜ bǐ jī chǎng de gèng hǎo.
    The exchange rate at the bank is better than at the airport.

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.

汇huìexchange
率lǜrate

汇 refers to exchange and 率 to rate; together they mean the rate at which currencies are exchanged.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 匯; 汇 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 汇 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (汇, 汇款) it is 匯; in others (词汇, 汇报) it is 彙.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
匚匚fāng
Sound part声符shēngfú
淮
淮huái匯huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 匯 is built from 匚 as a meaning part and 淮 as a sound part.

Open 汇 →

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

率 was drawn as a bird-catching net, with a stick above and below. In the form described, the lower horizontal stroke is missing, so the whole shape represents a rope.

Open 率 →
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