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代价 (dài jià): Price (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

代 • dài • to substitute, to replace; generation, era
dài代

to substitute, to replace; generation, era

价 • jià • price, value
jià价

price, value

Word Info

Pinyindài jià
Meaningprice; cost
Characters2
SyntaxNoun
4.

How to Use 代价 in Sentences

Subject + Predicatewith高
dài代
jià价
tài太
gāo高
neutral
price is too high
Adjective + Nounwith沉重
chén沉
zhòng重
de的
dài代
jià价
Verb + Objectwith付出
fù付
chū出
dài代
jià价
Noun + Nounwith血
xuè血
de的
dài代
jià价
5.

Example Sentences with 代价

tā他
mǎi买
zhè这
běn本
shū书
de的
dài
neutral
heavy price
neutral
pay the price
formal
Written
bloody price
代
jià价
shì是
shí十
kuài块
qián钱
。
The price he paid for this book is ten yuan.
wèi为
le了
chéng成
gōng功
，
tā他
fù付
chū出
le了
jù巨
dà大
de的
dài代
jià价
。
He paid a huge price for his success.
nǐ你
kǎo考
lǜ虑
guò过
zhè这
cì次
mào冒
xiǎn险
xíng行
dòng动
kě可
néng能
dài带
lái来
de的
jù巨
dà大
dài代
jià价
ma吗
？
Have you considered the enormous cost that this risky action might bring?
tā他
bìng并
méi没
yǒu有
yì意
shí识
dào到
，
shuō说
huǎng谎
de的
dài代
jià价
shì是
zhú逐
jiàn渐
shī失
qù去
suǒ所
yǒu有
rén人
de的
xìn信
rèn任
。
He did not realize that the cost of lying is gradually losing everyone's trust.
zhè这
cì次
gòu购
wù物
kuáng狂
huān欢
de的
dài代
jià价
jiù就
shì是
，
wǒ我
xià下
gè个
yuè月
dé得
shěng省
chī吃
jiǎn俭
yòng用
le了
。
The cost of this shopping spree is that I'll have to live frugally next month.

HSK 6 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 代价.

  • 摆脱bǎi tuōdispense; cast off; extricate oneself from
  • 不相上下bù xiāng shàng xiàbe roughly the same; about equal
  • 层次céng cìadministrative levels; arrangement of ideas; gradation
  • 背诵bèi sòngrecite; repeat from memory; say by heart
  • 拜访bài fǎngpay a visit; call to pay respects; call on
  • 插座chā zuòsocket
  • 巴不得bā bù débe only too anxious; eagerly look forward to; earnestly wish
  • 保重bǎo zhòngto take care of oneself
  • 采纳cǎi nàaccept; adopt
  • 拔苗助长bá miáo zhù zhǎngpull up a seedling in the mistaken hope of helping it to grow
  • 爆炸bào zhàexplode; blow up; bomb
  • 辩护biàn hùspeak in defense of; argue in favour of
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 代价.

Words with 代
  • 一代yī dàigeneration
  • 代替dài tìinstead
  • 代表dài biǎoto stand for; on behalf of representative
  • 古代
gǔ dài
ancient; archaic; antiquity
  • 年代nián dàiyears; a decade of a century
  • 时代shí dàitimes; age; era
  • 现代xiàn dàimodern
  • 近代jìn dàimodern times
    • Words with 价
    • 价格jià géprice
    • 价钱jià qianprice
    • 低价dī jiàlow price
    • 降价jiàng jiàto cut the price
    • 高价gāo jiàhigh price
    • 价值jià zhívalue; cost; worth
    • 售价shòu jiàselling price
    • 涨价zhǎng jiàto appreciate (in value)