價
price; value; (chemistry) valence; particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective; (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bu4] or 別|别[bie2] without any other following element
Closest English meanings
price·value
The Calligrapher — Yán Zhēnqīng 颜真卿
Tang master of robust regular script; co-creator of the enduring 'Yan style'.
Tang calligrapher (709–784), master of regular script/running script — the Tang moral paragon whose upright, muscular regular script became the model of Chinese integrity in writing. Tang dynasty
Cultural Story
The "Greater Odes" praise "价人维藩" — the great men are the hedge of the state, where 价 meant "great," not "price." The word later slid from stature to cost, from the worth of a person to the worth of a thing. To read the old line is to hear 價 as honor before it ever meant a sum.
Common words & phrases
- 价值 value
- 价格 price
- 评价 evaluate · appraise
- 代价 price · cost
Read the story behind the character
A label shows the 价格 in red; the buyer weighs the 价值 of the phone. The critic gives a low 评价, and the war's 代价 runs to a generation. The word still means what something is worth — a tag, a verdict, a cost — the measure by which a thing, or a life, is quietly tallied and compared.
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