币
bì
currency, coins, legal tender
- Strokes
- 4
- Level
- HSK 3 · TOCFL Level 4
- Frequency
- No. 1,705
- Traditional
- 幣
bì
currency, coins, legal tender
money; coins; currency; silk
Ideographic: Bills written on silk 巾
wǒ yǒu jǐ méi yín bì 。
I have several silver coins.
tā ná chū le jǐ méi yìng bì 。
He took out some coins.
qián bì de jià zhí qǔ jué yú suǒ shǐ yòng de jīn shǔ de zhòng liàng 。
The value of the coins depended on the weight of the metal used.
guó jì huò bì jī jīn zǔ zhī bù kǎo lǜ zài jiè kuǎn gěi gāi guó 。
The IMF ruled out any new loans to that country.
dāng gèng duō de zhǐ bì tóu rù shǐ yòng , jià gé jiù xià diē le 。
As more paper money came into use, the value fell.