How to Say ‘The bag is thirty cents.’ in Simplified Chinese
袋子三毛。
dài zi sān máo
[dye-dzuh sān máo]
💬 Usage Tip: No verb is needed to link a thing and its price. You can just say the item and then the amount: 苹果五块 "apples are five yuan".
Phrase Breakdown
袋子
dài zi
[dye-dzuh]
bag
A shopping bag or carry bag.
这个袋子要钱吗？
Does this bag cost money?
三毛
sān máo
[sān máo]
thirty cents; three mao
毛 is the informal word for a tenth of a yuan (jiao), so 三毛 means 0.3 yuan.
这个糖三毛。
This candy is thirty cents.
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