máo

毛驴

Word · NounTraditional毛

ten cents; dime

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

ten cents; dime (unit of Chinese currency)

informal

Colloquial term for 角 (jiǎo). Used mainly in spoken Chinese.

Zhè这
gè个
píng苹
guǒ果
wǔ五
máo毛
qián钱
 。

This apple costs fifty cents.

Wǒ我
zhǐ只
yǒu有
liǎng两
máo毛
líng零
qián钱
 。

I only have twenty cents in change.

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Yī一
máo毛
qián钱
dōu都
bù不
zhí值
 。

It's not worth a dime.