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美元

US dollar

美元
měiyuán3rd tone
Pinyin
měiyuán
Strokes
13
In episodes
2

Stroke order for 美元

美元 is written with 13 strokes (美: 9, 元: 4). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

Beyond HSK 1. Currency word: 九十九美元 (ninety-nine US dollars).

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美元 appears in 2 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

他有一个菜,是鸡,要九十九美元。

He has a dish, it is chicken, and it costs ninety-nine dollars.

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Difficulty

这些甜品,要六百多美元。

These desserts cost more than six hundred US dollars.

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