价 (jià): price, value, (chemistry) valence
价 (jià) is a Chinese character meaning “price.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 介 (phonetic). It ranks #409 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 价 is a compound character. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- price
- value
- (chemistry) valence
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticThis character is a compound form.
Decomposition: ⿰亻介 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 价
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 价值noun | jià zhí | value | 5 |
| 代价noun | dài jià | price | 6 |
| 评价verb/noun | píng jià | to evaluate | 5 |
| 价格noun | jià gé | price | 4 |
| 价钱noun | jià qian | price | 4 |
| 低价noun | dī jià | low price | 4 |
| 高价noun | gāo jià | high price | 4 |
| 性价比noun | xìng jià bǐ | cost-performance ratio | 6 |
| 涨价verb | zhǎng jià | to appreciate (in value) | 5 |
| 定价verb/noun | dìng jià | to set a price | 6 |
| 降价verb | jiàng jià | to cut the price | 4 |
| 房价noun | fáng jià | house price | 6 |
| 物价noun | wù jià | (commodity) prices | 5 |
| 售价noun | shòu jià | selling price | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出价verb | chū jià | to bid |
| 廉价noun | lián jià | cheaply-priced |
| 讨价还价phrase | tǎo jià huán jià | to haggle over price |
| 开价verb | kāi jià | to quote a price |
| 价值观noun | jià zhí guān | value system |
| 货真价实 | huò zhēn jià shí | (lit.) genuine goods at fair prices (idiom) |
| 报价verb | bào jià | to quote a price |
| 减价verb | jiǎn jià | to cut prices |
| 身价noun | shēn jià | social status |
| 无价adjective | wú jià | invaluable |
| 特价noun | tè jià | special price |
| 要价noun | yào jià | to ask a price |
| 估价verb | gū jià | to value |
| 半价noun | bàn jià | half price |
| 价码noun | jià mǎ | price tag |
价 appears in 105 compound words: 12 as the first character, 84 as the last, and 4 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 价 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (12)
to wait for the highest bid before selling an item; to wait for the best job offer before providing one's service
(lit.) genuine goods at fair prices (idiom); (fig.) genuine; real; true
(lit.) genuine goods at fair prices (idiom); (fig.) genuine; real; true
Example Sentences
他价品很好，在村里很受尊敬。
tā jiè pǐn hěn hǎo , zài cūn lǐ hěn shòu zūn jìng .
He is a man of high moral character and is highly respected in the village.
中国资产折价40-50%也无法套现?全球10大私募巨...
zhōng guó zī chǎn zhé jià 4 0 5 0 yě wú fǎ tào xiàn ? quán qiú 1 0 dà sī mù jù . . .
China's assets are discounted by 40-50% and cannot be cashed out? The world's top 10 private equity giants...
惠理:金价跌返4900水平可吸
huì lǐ : jīn jià diē fǎn 4 9 0 0 shuǐ píng kě xī
Value Partners: The price of gold can be absorbed when it falls back to the 4900 level
强生扩大高附加价值品项 接单动能曝光!
qiáng shēng kuò dà gāo fù jiā jià zhí pǐn xiàng jiē dān dòng néng pù guāng !
Johnson & Johnson expands high value-added items and exposes the momentum of receiving orders!
通膨上升、减重药热销 美食品业降价吸引顾客回流
tōng péng shàng shēng , jiǎn chóng yào rè xiāo měi shí pǐn yè jiàng jià xī yǐn gù kè huí liú
Inflation rises, weight loss drugs are hot, and the price reduction of the US food industry attracts customers to return
陆玻纤布业 再掀涨价潮
lù bō qiàn bù yè zài xiān zhǎng jià cháo
The land glass fiber fabric industry has set off another wave of price increases
到利物浦的票价多少钱？
Dào Lìwùpǔ de piàojià duōshao qián?
What's the fare to Liverpool?
价格还会继续涨吗？
Jiàgé hái huì jìxù zhǎng ma?
Will the price keep going up?
你知道恐惧的价值吗?
Nǐ zhīdào kǒngjù de jiàzhí ma?
Do you know the value of fear?
钱币的价值取决于所使用的金属的重量。
Qiánbì de jiàzhí qǔjué yú suǒ shǐyòng de jīnshǔ de zhòngliàng.
The value of a coin depends on the weight of the metal used.
Character Family
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