价格表
jiàgébiǎo
In Chinese, 'price list' is 价格表 (jiàgébiǎo).
The term refers to a list of items along with their corresponding prices.
Meaning: list of items with prices (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The word 价格表 is composed of 价格 (jiàgé), meaning 'price' and 表 (biǎo), meaning 'table' or 'list'.
Which one should you use?
While 价格表 is a general term for a price list, 价目表 is more frequently used in commercial contexts such as menus or retail catalogs. Additionally, 报价单 literally translates to 'quotation form' and is used for a price list specifically in business settings.
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun 价格表 does not change its form to indicate plurality.
How do you pronounce it?
jiàgébiǎo
Did you know?
- While 价格表 is the standard term, many Chinese shoppers use the phrase 砍价 (kǎn jià), which literally means 'chopping the price', to negotiate a lower rate than what is listed.
- The word 表 (biǎo) in 价格表 is the same character used to describe a 'watch' or a 'clock', linking the concept of a structured list to a measurable instrument.
- The word 价格 (price) shares its first character 价 with the word for 'value'. In Chinese, the conceptual link between 'cost' and 'worth' is baked directly into the spelling of the word.
Examples in context
- 请给我一份价目表Please give me a price list.
- 请发送最新的报价单给我们Please send us the latest price list.
- 我可以看一下价目清单吗?Can I take a look at the price list?
- 请给我看一下价格表。Qǐng gěi wǒ kàn yíxià jiàgébiǎo.Please let me see the price list.
- 这张价格表非常清晰。Zhè zhāng jiàgébiǎo fēicháng qīngxī.This price list is very clear.
- 你可以更新一下价格表吗？Nǐ kěyǐ gēngxīn yíxià jiàgébiǎo ma?Can you update the price list?
Example conversation
Junjie and Jiayi are discussing a business order.
- 佳怡 Jiayi俊杰，你有最新的价格表吗？Jùnjié, nǐ yǒu zuìxīn de jiàgébiǎo ma?Junjie, do you have the latest price list?
- 俊杰 Junjie有的，我现在发给你。Yǒu de, wǒ xiànzài fā gěi nǐ.Yes, I will send it to you now.
- 佳怡 Jiayi谢谢，我需要核对一下价格。Xièxie, wǒ xūyào héduì yīxià jiàgé.Thanks, I need to check the prices.
- 俊杰 Junjie没问题，你看完告诉我。Méi wèntí, nǐ kàn wán gàosù wǒ.No problem, let me know when you've looked at it.
