What 物美价廉 means
- Good quality and cheap†
- a bargain†
† Our own dictionary has no entry for 物美价廉, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does 物美价廉 mean in English?
物美价廉 is pronounced wùměijiàlián and means Good quality and cheap, a bargain †.
How do you pronounce 物美价廉?
物美价廉 is wùměijiàlián in pinyin — written wumeijialian without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 物美价廉?
物美价廉 is written with 4 characters: 物 (wù) Thing (matter - content - produce - creature - property), 美 (měi) America (beautiful), 价 (jià) Price (value), 廉 (lián) Inexpensive (honest). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 物美价廉 written in traditional Chinese?
物美價廉. The simplified form 物美价廉 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 物美價廉 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced wùměijiàlián.
Is 物美价廉 an HSK word?
Yes — 物美价廉 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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