How to Say ‘If you swap, it's three yuan extra.’ in Simplified Chinese
换的话加三块。
huàn de huà jiā sān kuài
[hwahn duh hwah jiā sān kuài]
🇨🇳 In China: Chinese chain cafés commonly charge a few yuan to swap in plant milk. Staff will usually say so up front, like this, before you pay.
Phrase Breakdown
换的话
huàn de huà
if you switch
的话 (dehuà) means 'if'. It comes after the condition.
下雨的话我不去。
If it rains, I won't go.
Words in this phrase
换
huàn
[hwahn]
to exchange; replace
Used when swapping an item for another one.
这个鞋子可以换。
These shoes can be exchanged.
的话
de huà
[duh hwah]
if it is the case; if
A phrase ending used after a condition, often translated as 'if...' in polite requests.
方便的话，请安排一下。
If convenient, please arrange it.
加三块。
jiā sān kuài
it's three yuan extra.
This states the extra charge.
要加三块。
It costs three yuan more.
Words in this phrase
加
jiā
[jiā]
to add (extra cost)
Here means paying an additional amount.
大杯要加五块钱。
A large cup costs five yuan more.
三
sān
[sān]
three
The number after two and before four.
我想要三杯咖啡。
I want three cups of coffee.
块
kuài
[kuài]
yuan (kuai)
Colloquial unit of Chinese money, same as 元.
这杯咖啡二十块。
This coffee is twenty yuan.
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