jià qián
price
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这个价钱太贵了，我买不起。
Zhège jiàqián tài guìle, wǒ mǎibùqǐ.
This price is too expensive, I can't afford it.
你能便宜一点吗？这个价钱太高了。
Nǐ néng piányi yīdiǎn ma? Zhège jiàqián tài gāole.
Can you make it cheaper? This price is too high.
这个价钱很合理，我可以接受。
Zhège jiàqián hěn hélǐ, wǒ kěyǐ jiēshòu.
This price is very reasonable, I can accept it.
价格 (jiàgé)
price
价值 (jiàzhí)
value
免费 (miǎnfèi)
free
无价 (wújià)
priceless
The Chinese word 价钱 (jiàqián) for "price" is composed of two characters: 价 (jià) and 钱 (qián). The character 价 originally meant "to exchange" or "to barter", and it is composed of the radical 贝 (bèi), which represents money or wealth, and the phonetic component 价 (jià). The character 钱 originally meant "a string of coins", and it is composed of the radical 金 (jīn), which represents metal or money, and the phonetic component 戔 (qián). Over time, the two characters 价 and 钱 came to be used together to mean "price", and the term 价钱 is now the most common way to say "price" in Chinese.
