HSK 6 · Money

物美价廉 wùměijiàlián “good quality at a low price” in Chinese

Traditional 物美價廉

What 物美价廉 means

  1. good quality at a low price
  2. great value
  3. good quality and cheap
  4. a bargain

How to say 物美价廉

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale物wù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale美měi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale价jià4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale廉lián2nd tone, rising

物美价廉 in a sentence

  1. 真是物美价廉。

    Zhēn shì wùměijiàlián.

    It’s really good value for money.

    Sentence #832770 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 物美价廉 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 物 (wù) with each of its parts in a different colour
物wùthing
  • 牛cow · niúMeaning part
  • 勿must not · wùSound part

牛 hints at the meaning (cow); 勿 (wù) hints at the sound. Compare it with wù.

Memory aidAn ox 牛, which the oldest Chinese dictionary calls the largest of things, with 勿 (wù) for the sound: a thing.

The character 美 (měi) with each of its parts in a different colour
美měibeautiful
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 大big · dà
The character 价 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
价jiàprice
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 介agent · jièSound part
The character 廉 (lián) with each of its parts in a different colour
廉liánincorruptible
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 兼both · jiān

How to write 物美价廉

物 8 strokes · 美 9 strokes · 价 6 strokes · 廉 13 strokes

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物美价廉 (wùměijiàlián) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 物美价廉 (wùměijiàlián). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 物美价廉

Words with 物

动物dòngwù · animal礼物lǐwù · gift动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo购物gòuwù · shopping植物zhíwù · plant宠物chǒngwù · house pet人物rénwù · figure食物shíwù · food物理wùlǐ · physics物质wùzhì · matter

Words with 美

美měi · beautiful美丽měilì · beautiful赞美zànměi · to admire完美wánměi · perfect优美yōuměi · graceful美术měishù · art美观měiguān · attractive美满měimǎn · happy美妙měimiào · wonderful审美shěnměi · aesthetic

Words with 价

价格jiàgé · price评价píngjià · to evaluate价值jiàzhí · value讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià · to bargain代价dàijià · price

Words with 廉

廉洁liánjié · honest

More words: Money & Economy

通货膨胀tōnghuòpéngzhàng · inflation投机tóujī · to speculate推销tuīxiāo · to promote无偿wúcháng · free of charge物业wùyè · property物资wùzī · goods and materials效益xiàoyì · benefit兴隆xīnglóng · prosperous

FAQs

物美价廉 (wùměijiàlián) means “good quality at a low price” or “great value”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wùměijiàlián: wù with a 4th tone, then měi with a 3rd tone, then jià with a 4th tone, then lián with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 物美价廉 is written 物美價廉. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wumeijialian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 物美价廉 from the suggestions. Typing wumeijialian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
物美价廉 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.