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How much?

You’ve already used 多少 to ask for a person’s phone number: 你的电话号码是多少?(Nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ shì duōshǎo?). 多少 can also be used to say How much? or How many? And because (qián, money) means money, to ask how much something costs, simply say 多少钱(duōshǎo qián).

这个多少钱?
Zhège duōshǎo qián?
How much is this?

那个电脑多少钱?
Nàge diànnǎo duōshǎo qián?
How much is that computer?

Numbers

Let's look at numbers over 100!

For numbers bigger than 100 that end in 11-19:

315 三百一十五
sānbǎi yīshíwǔ
412 四百一十二
sìbǎi yīshí'èr

When a zero is in the middle of a number, we use (líng, zero):

102 一百零二
yìbǎi líng èr
9,806 九千八百零六
jiǔqiān bābǎi líng liù
6,070 六千零七十
liùqiān líng qīshí

Chinese has a special word for ten thousand: (wàn, ten thousand).

10,000 一万
yíwàn
53,649 五万三千六百四十九
wǔwàn sānqiān liùbǎi sìshíjiǔ

Too expensive!

In Chinese, (tài) means very, so, or too. When using , we usually add (le) after the adjective.

太贵了!
Tài guì le!
Too expensive!

太热了!
Tài rè le!
Too hot!

太好了!
Tài hǎo le!
Very good!

太可爱了!
Tài kě'ài le!
So cute!