How to Say ‘Add a thousand yuan’ in Simplified Chinese
加一千块
jiā yī qiān kuài
[jiā yìqiān kuài]
💬 Usage Tip: 块 (kuài) is the everyday spoken word for yuan. Prices on paper use 元 (yuán), but people say 一千块 in conversation.
Phrase Breakdown
加
jiā
[jiā]
to add; increase
To increase a number or amount.
能再加两个人吗？
Can we add two more people?
一千
yī qiān
[yìqiān]
one thousand
The number 1,000, formed with 一 (one) and 千 (thousand).
这本书一千块。
This book costs one thousand yuan.
块
kuài
[kuài]
yuan (colloquial)
Spoken unit of Chinese money, same as 元.
这杯咖啡二十块。
This coffee is twenty yuan.
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