I owe ten dollars to her.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
美元
American dollar; US dollar
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
American dollar; US dollar
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 美元 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 美元 appears in 68 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The charge for a front row seat is 5 dollars.
I owe him 1,000 dollars.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 美元.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 美元.
Directly before
- 五十美元5
- 三十美元4
- 一美元3
- 三美元2
- 一百美元2
Directly after
- 美元买4
- 美元的2
- 美元是2
- 美元吗1
- 美元就行了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 美元
What does 美元 mean in Chinese?
美元 (měiyuán) means American dollar; US dollar.
How do you pronounce 美元?
美元 is pronounced měiyuán.
Is 美元 an HSK word?
美元 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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