How to Say ‘The cake is 300 dollars.’ in Traditional Chinese
蛋糕三百元
dàn gāo sān bǎi yuán
[dàngāo sānbǎi yuán]
💬 Usage Tip: There's no word for "is" here; a thing followed by its price is a complete sentence. For example, 咖啡五十元 "Coffee is 50 dollars".
Phrase Breakdown
蛋糕
dàn gāo
[dàngāo]
cake
A sweet baked dessert.
我要訂一個蛋糕。
I want to order a cake.
三百元
sān bǎi yuán
three hundred dollars
三百 (sānbǎi) means 300 and 元 (yuán) means 'dollars' (NT$). In speech, Taiwanese people often say 塊 (kuài) instead of 元.
這本書三百元。
This book is 300 dollars.
Words in this phrase
三百
sān bǎi
[sānbǎi]
three hundred
The number 300.
這瓶酒三百塊。
This bottle of wine is three hundred dollars.
元
yuán
[yuán]
dollar (NT$)
Formal unit of currency, used for New Taiwan dollars.
一共五百元。
Five hundred dollars in total.
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