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块儿八毛

kuài r bā máodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
one yuan or less / around 80 cents or one dollar
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-56a6c3afb058af16. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

塊兒八毛 块儿八毛 [kuai4 r5 ba1 mao2] /one yuan or less/around 80 cents or one dollar/

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Other forms in these source records: 塊兒八毛

  • 块
    kuài

    lump / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units

  • 儿
    ér

    child / son

    r

    non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

  • 八
    bā

    eight

  • 毛
    máo

    hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiǎo] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fēn])

    Máo

    surname Mao

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.