# 代价 (dàijià)

In Mandarin Chinese, 代价 (dàijià) means “price; cost”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: price; cost
- Pinyin: dàijià (dai4 jia4)
- Traditional: 代價
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他为成功付出了代价。
  Tā wèi chénggōng fùchūle dàijià.
  He paid a heavy price for success.

## Characters

- [代](https://hanziro.com/word/dai-replace/) (dài): to replace; generation
- [价](https://hanziro.com/word/jia-price/) (jià): price; value

https://hanziro.com/word/dai-jia-price/

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