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多少钱？
？ How much is it?Practice path
Make this line survive without the page.
Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.
Current move
Hear it cold Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.
Next多少钱？ 02 What does 多少钱 mean?钱 means money, so this asks about price.
PracticeHow much is it? 03 Fill the pinyin for 多少钱？少 is often light in 多少.
Practiceduō shao qián? 04 How would you ask: How much is this?这个 points to this item; 多少钱 asks the price.
Practice这个多少钱？Scene
When to use it
Asking the price of something in a shop, market, or taxi-like situation.
Risk
safe
For one specific item, point or name it first so the question is clear.
Literal
How much money?
多少钱 is a compact survival question. It is useful even when you know almost no grammar.
Mini dialogue
Hear the social move.
Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.
Contrast
Do not blur these together.
Recall prompts
Check whether it survived.
01 · What does 多少钱 mean?
Answer: How much is it?
钱 means money, so this asks about price.
Practice this prompt03 · How would you ask: How much is this?
Answer: 这个多少钱？
这个 points to this item; 多少钱 asks the price.
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