Lesson17: Money

The currency used in Taiwan is called NT$ (New Taiwan Dollar) = 新臺幣 (xin tai bi | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄧˋ). It will look like this: NT$100 for 100 dollars.

Pronunciation

There are two ways of pronouncing price.

1. 元 (yuan | ㄩㄢˊ)

Ex. NT$100 = 100元 OR 一百元 (yi bai yuan | 一 ㄅㄞˇ ㄩㄢˊ)

2. 塊 (kuai | ㄎㄨㄞˋ)

Ex. NT$100 = 100塊錢 OR 一百塊錢 (yi bai kuai qian | 一 ㄅㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ)

Note. 塊 (kuai | ㄎㄨㄞˋ) is always followed by 錢 (qian | ㄑㄧㄢˊ)

* 錢 (qian | ㄑㄧㄢˊ) = money