(jiǎo) — (classifier) unit of currency equal to one-tenth of a yuan (10 fen); dime

Definition

角 (jiǎo) is the Chinese currency unit worth one-tenth of a yuan (10 分) — used right after the number, like 'dime' in English. Other 角-senses (corner, horn, angle) exist but are different words written the same.

classifier
unit of currency equal to one-tenth of a yuan (10 fen)dime
Measure word ·

Examples

  • Yì píng shuǐ sān yuán wǔ jiǎo.
    A bottle of water costs three yuan fifty fen (three and a half yuan).
  • Zhè ge běn zi huā le bā jiǎo qián.
    This notebook cost eighty cents.
  • Wǒ yòng wǔ jiǎo qián mǎi le yì zhī bǐ.
    I spent fifty cents to buy a pen.

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