Entry #25 : How to Pronounce Money

时间：10:20 p.m.

日期：二0一八年五月二十三星期三

你好，晚上好! 今天 , the topic is about money 钱。In textbook , it is at lesson 10.

To ask for price :

(F) duo shao qian ? 多少钱？

(IF) ji duo qian ? 几多钱？

There are a few ways to say price.

1. The first one is for RM(Ringgit Malaysia) , Malaysian money currency.

........ lingji ...... xian

。。。。。零级。。。。先

..... ringgit..... cents

RM 24.67 : 二十四零级六是七先

2. The second one is for Chinese currency.There is also formal and informal way to pronounce price.

Formal :

.... yuan ... jiao ... fen

。。。元。。。角。。。分

￥29.43 ：二十九元四角三分

Informal:

.... kuai ... mao ... fen

。。。块。。。毛。。。分

￥123.56 ：一百二十三块五毛六分

Some other price number that involve zero at middle number :

￥1010.35 ：一万十块三毛五分
￥10005.35 ：一万零五块三毛五分
￥1005.35 ：一千零五元三角五分
￥105.35 ：一百零五块三毛五分

That's it for today!再见！

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