How to Say ‘Twelve thousand a month.’ in Simplified Chinese
每个月一万二。
měi gè yuè yī wàn èr
[měi guh yuè yíwàn'èr]
💬 Usage Tip: No verb is needed: a time word followed by an amount works as a full sentence. You could say 每天两百 "two hundred a day" the same way.
Phrase Breakdown
每个月
měi gè yuè
per month
每个月 (měi ge yuè) means 'every month'. Here it means a monthly amount.
每个月三千块。
Three thousand yuan per month.
Words in this phrase
每
měi
[měi]
every; each
Placed before a measure word or time word to mean 'each'.
我每天都上班。
I go to work every day.
个
gè
[guh]
measure word
A general classifier used with nouns such as 活动.
说“这个活动”时，要用量词“个”。
When saying “this event,” you need the measure word 个.
月
yuè
[yuè]
month
A unit of time; also means moon.
我这个月很忙。
I'm very busy this month.
一万二。
yī wàn èr
twelve thousand
一万二 (yíwàn'èr) is short for 一万二千 (12,000). 一 changes to the rising tone yí before the falling tone of 万.
这个电脑一万二。
This computer costs twelve thousand.
Words in this phrase
一万二
yī wàn èr
[yíwàn'èr]
twelve thousand
Short spoken form of 一万二千 (12,000).
这台电脑一万二。
This computer costs twelve thousand.
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