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美金

Měi jīn · mei jin

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  1. US dollar
  2. USD
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Changing money

  1. Liangliang

    下个月(xiàgèyuè)我(wǒ)要(yào)去(qù)美国(měiguó)，想(xiǎng)换(huàn)点(diǎn)美金(měijīn)。

    I'm going to the USA next month and want to change some dollars.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)要(yào)换(huàn)多少(duōshao)美金(měijīn)？

    How many dollars do you want to change?

  3. Liangliang

    五百(wǔbǎi)美金(měijīn)，够(gòu)吗(ma)？

    Five hundred dollars. Is that enough?

  4. Dengdeng

    够了(gòule)，一(yī)美金(měijīn)差不多(chàbuduō)七块钱(qīkuàiqián)。

    Enough. One dollar is about seven yuan.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)一杯(yībēi)四美金(sìměijīn)的(de)咖啡(kāfēi)，就是(jiùshì)二十八块(èrshíbākuài)！

    Then a four-dollar coffee is twenty-eight yuan!

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01

这(zhè)个(ge)工(gōng)作(zuò)需(xū)要(yào)不(bù)低(dī)于(yú)300美(měi)金(jīn)。

No less than three hundred dollars was needed for the work.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

二(èr)十(shí)美(měi)金(jīn)等(děng)于(yú)一(yì)百(bǎi)四(sì)十(shí)元(yuán)。

Twenty dollars are one hundred and forty yuan.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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