抬价 (tái jià) — to raise prices, to jack up prices
Definición
Means to deliberately push prices up, usually for profit — a stronger, more loaded word than 涨价, which simply means 'prices are going up' on their own. Often used for merchants, scalpers, or anyone gouging.
verb
to raise pricesto jack up prices
Ejemplos
- 抬价。Shāng jiā bù néng suí yì tái jià.Businesses cannot arbitrarily raise prices.
- 。Tā men chèn guò jié tái le yí cì jià.They jacked up prices once during the holiday.
- 抬价。Zhè zhǒng è yì tái jià de xíng wéi yīng gāi bèi zhì zhǐ.This kind of malicious price-hiking should be stopped.
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