代
价

Price in Chinese: 代价 (dài jià)

dài jià

price

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 代價1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1price
  2. 2cost
  3. 3consideration (in share dealing)

Stroke order

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代
价

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ㄉㄞˋ

dài

ㄉ/ dㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄚˋ

jià

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

代价

Simplified

代價

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他为自己的错误付出了很大的代价。

    tā wèi zì jǐ de cuò wù fù chū le hěn dà de dài jià。

    He paid a big price for his mistake.

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Related words

代

dài

to substitute

价

jià

price

代表

dài biǎo

representative

代替

dài tì

to replace

价格

jià gé

price

现代

xiàn dài

modern times

朝代

cháo dài

dynasty

当代

dāng dài

the present age

古代

gǔ dài

ancient times

价值

jià zhí

value

近代

jìn dài

the not-very-distant past

年代

nián dài

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)

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