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- "四块九毛三分。"
"四块九毛三分。"
Translation:4.93 yuan.
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I had the same problem, but nobody will write "90 3". I think 93 is correct
I'm not fluent but i feel "4.93" without 元 should have been accepted
For anyone wondering, this comment is using the "financial" form of the numbers. These are used almost exclusively when writing cheques for anti-fraud. For example, 十 (ten) can easily be changed to 千 (thousand) with an extra stroke. Hence, 十 is instead written as 拾.
Im not fluent but i live in china .i have never heard it said like this. Probably formal stuff . People say 4 钱 93 or4。93 钱. Which can be confusing haha
Just kidding. After I foolishly commented that, I researched it and you were correct. Oopsie.
Adding to what OrcaGamer mentioned about multiple answers...
If United States, then $4.93 (that reads 4 dollars and 93 cents)
It is also possible that the translation in Chinese is 四块九毛三.
It should also accept multiple answers too, this answer is just abnormal
When speaking in Mandarin, I believe that they would use 块/毛/分. However, when speaking in the local dialect/language (Cantonese) they would definitely not (they would instead use 蚊/毫/仙). But again, 块/毛/分 really shouldn't be restricted to any currency. Sinophones outside of China will use 块/毛/分 for the local currency.
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agreed. other similar questions accept RMB, with no indication as to when yuan or rmb would be preferable.
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I put "4 yuan 93 cents" and it told me I was wrong and that the answer was "4 yuan and 90 3 cents." - funny.
This is technically not correct anymore as 'fen' is no longer used. 'Mao' is the lowest currency in China. If you were referencing £9.99, you would say "Jiu bang jiu jiu".
These number exercises always only have a single alternative in the word bank, seems rather pointless
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When I was a kid, we used to tease each other by mumbling things like "I'll give you five doll-hairs" (instead of dollars) if you do something. Clearly 毛 as hair should be an acceptable answer here.
I translated it as at I was counting out change. Literally in coins. Marked wrong.
LOL the system still accepted my answer even if I mistakenly typed 4.53 instead of 4.93. Makes one wonder the algorithm of the system
From the wordbank I chose "it´s 4.93 yuan" . Of course, I know that "it is" is not explicitly there but I think it is not justified to reject this translation.
I got a typo...and the correct would have been $4.93. BUT there was NO dollar sign in the boxes or NO chance for me to use keyboard.
This sentence does not specify which currency, so using the dollar sign should be accepted, no?
The second character 块 seems to indirectly indicate that the currency is yuan.
Not true, for example, they also use it for NTD in Taiwan. Kuai is an unit of measurement of money, not a currency.
Kuai is really a measure word. Exceedingly polite shopkeepers will say something is "x块钱"
generally speaking you're right (in Italy Chinese people say kuai instead of euro) but here when they write 块 they prefer translate as Yuan.
