How to Say ‘It's three yuan extra’ in Simplified Chinese
加三块
jiā sān kuài
[jiā sān kuài]
💬 Usage Tip: In speech, prices use 块 (kuài) rather than the written 元 for yuan. 加 "add" in front of it means a surcharge.
Phrase Breakdown
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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