HSK 3 · Money & Shopping

美元

měi yuán

US dollar

Stroke order of 美元

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

美 · 9 strokes 元 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

美 beautiful money, 元 the basic unit: the dollar that looks good abroad.

Parts: 美 America/beautiful + 元 yuan/unit of currency

The characters in 美元

美 měi — beautiful (9 strokes)
元 yuán — yuan (4 strokes)

Example sentence

一美元是多少人民币？

How many RMB is one US dollar?

Words with 美

美食delicious food 美术fine arts 完美perfect 美beautiful 美好beautiful; fine 美丽beautiful

Words with 元

元yuan 单元unit; apartment block entrance

More words: Money & Shopping

价格price 价钱price 票价ticket price; fare 费fee; to spend 费用cost; expenses 收费to charge a fee 交费to pay a fee 付to pay 支付to pay 现金cash 人民币RMB; Chinese yuan 商品goods; commodity 消费to consume; consumption 牌子brand; sign 保险insurance; safe

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