HSK 6 · Money

货币 huòbì “currency” in Chinese

Traditional 貨幣

What 货币 means

  1. currency
  2. money
  3. monetary

How to say 货币

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale货huò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale币bì4th tone, falling

货币 in a sentence

  1. 国际货币基金组织不考虑再借款给该国。

    Guójì Huòbì Jījīn Zǔzhī bù kǎolǜ zài jièkuǎn gěi gāi guó.

    The IMF won’t consider lending to that country again.

    Sentence #332919 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 货币 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 货 (huò) with each of its parts in a different colour
货huògoods
  • 化to change · huàSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 化 (huà) hints at the sound. Compare it with huò.

The character 币 (bì) with each of its parts in a different colour
币bìmoney
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 巾napkin · jīn

How to write 货币

货 8 strokes · 币 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 货币

Words with 货

售货员shòuhuòyuán · salesperson通货膨胀tōnghuòpéngzhàng · inflation

Words with 币

人民币rénmínbì · Renminbi (RMB)

More words: Money & Economy

耗费hàofèi · to consume合算hésuàn · worthwhile回报huíbào · to repay挥霍huīhuò · to squander加工jiāgōng · to process缴纳jiǎonà · to pay (taxes or fees)交易jiāoyì · transaction结算jiésuàn · to settle accounts

FAQs

货币 (huòbì) means “currency” or “money”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huòbì: huò with a 4th tone, then bì 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, 货币 is written 貨幣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huobi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 货币 from the suggestions. Typing huobi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
货币 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.