How to Say ‘1,000 dollars’ in Traditional Chinese
一千元
yī qiān yuán
[yìqiān yuán]
💬 Usage Tip: 一 before a third-tone word like 千 is said (yì): 一千 (yì qiān). Before a falling tone it becomes (yí), as in 一萬 (yí wàn) "ten thousand".
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: 元 on signs and receipts is usually spoken as 塊 (kuài) in everyday talk, so you'll hear 一千塊.
Phrase Breakdown
一千
yī qiān
[yìqiān]
one thousand
The number 1,000; 千 means thousand.
這支手機一千塊。
This phone costs one thousand dollars.
元
yuán
[yuán]
dollar (NT$)
Formal unit of currency, used for New Taiwan dollars.
一共五百元。
Five hundred dollars in total.
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