gei2 do1 cin4幾多錢几多钱
Jyutpinggei2 do1 cin4
Yalegéi dō chìhn
Definition
How much money.
colloquialmoneyshopping
How it's used
Use this phrase to ask about the price of an item or the amount of money someone has. It is the standard way to inquire about cost in everyday life, replacing the more formal 多少錢. When asking for a price, you can also simply say 幾錢 to sound even more casual.
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Common mistake
Avoid using 幾多錢 to ask about quantities of countable objects other than money, as it is specifically reserved for currency. For other countable items, use 幾多 followed by the appropriate measure word.
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