Chinese–EnglishWith examples

镑

bàng · bang

Traditional 鎊

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. pound (sterling) (loanword)
Embed this word

Put this word on your class page or blog. Keep the link under the frame, so people can find the word. More widgets

In a conversation

0:18 cartoon

Counting pounds

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)在(zài)英国(yīngguó)喝(hē)了(le)一杯(yībēi)咖啡(kāfēi)，要(yào)五(wǔ)镑(bàng)。

    In the UK I had a coffee that cost five pounds.

  2. Dengdeng

    五(wǔ)镑(bàng)是(shì)多少(duōshao)钱(qián)？

    How much money is five pounds?

  3. Liangliang

    一镑(yībàng)差不多(chàbuduō)是(shì)九块钱(jiǔkuàiqián)。

    One pound is about nine yuan.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)就是(jiùshì)四十五(sìshíwǔ)块(kuài)！

    So that is forty-five yuan!

  5. Liangliang

    对(duì)，所以(suǒyǐ)我(wǒ)喝得(hēde)特别(tèbié)慢(màn)。

    Right, so I drank very slowly.

  6. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)是(shì)在(zài)喝(hē)咖啡(kāfēi)，还是(háishi)在(zài)数(shǔ)镑(bàng)？

    Were you drinking coffee, or counting pounds?

Tap a word for its meaning in this line. The characters’ voices are computer-generated.

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)本(běn)书(shū)花(huā)了(le)我(wǒ)十(shí)英(yīng)镑(bàng)。

This book cost me ten pounds.

02

他(tā)每(měi)个(gè)月(yuè)赚(zhuàn)三(sān)千(qiān)英(yīng)镑(bàng)。

He earns three thousand pounds a month.

Sources & licenses

How to write

Choose a character to watch its strokes or trace it yourself.

Mainland China stroke order, including traditional characters. Drawing sources & licenses.

Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

Browse all wordsExplore words in context