| 块儿八毛 |
kuàir bā máo |
one yuan or less / around 80 cents or one dollar |
| 块 |
kuài |
lump; chunk; piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 儿 |
ér |
child / son |
| 儿 |
r |
non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final |
| 八 |
bā |
eight |
| 毛 |
Máo |
surname Mao |
| 毛 |
máo |
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) |