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代价 dàijià “price” in Chinese

Traditional 代價

What 代价 means

  1. price
  2. cost (of achieving something)
  3. cost
  4. consideration (in share dealing)

How to say 代价

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale代dài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale价jià4th tone, falling

代价 in a sentence

  1. 自由是有代价的。

    Zìyóu shì yǒu dàijià de.

    Freedom comes at a price.

    Sentence #332638 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我必须不惜一切代价帮助她。

    Wǒ bìxū bùxī yíqiè dàijià bāngzhù tā.

    I must help her at any cost.

    Sentence #1446807 from Tatoeba

  3. 丑闻让他付出了失去声誉的代价。

    Chǒuwén ràng tā fùchū le shīqù shēngyù de dàijià.

    The scandal cost him his reputation.

    Sentence #427625 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 代价 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 代 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
代dàito be a substitute for
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 弋shoot · yì
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

How to write 代价

代 5 strokes · 价 6 strokes

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

Words related to 代价

Words with 代

古代gǔdài · ancient times近代jìndài · modern times (roughly 1840 to 1919 in China)年代niándài · a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)时代shídài · age现代xiàndài · modern times代表dàibiǎo · representative代替dàitì · to replace后代hòudài · descendants朝代cháodài · dynasty当代dāngdài · contemporary

Words with 价

价格jiàgé · price评价píngjià · to evaluate价值jiàzhí · value讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià · to bargain物美价廉wùměijiàlián · good quality at a low price

More words: Ideas & Concepts

处境chǔjìng · situation出路chūlù · way out出息chūxi · promise挫折cuòzhé · setback档次dàngcì · grade当务之急dāngwùzhījí · top priority导向dǎoxiàng · orientation大意dàyì · general idea

FAQs

代价 (dàijià) means “price” or “cost (of achieving something)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dàijià: dài with a 4th tone, then jià with a 4th 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, 代价 is written 代價. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daijia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 代价 from the suggestions. Typing daijia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
代价 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.