Chinese word

抬价

Pronunciation

Pinyintái jià

Meaning

  • verbraise prices

Example

商店又抬价了。shāng diàn yòu tái jià le

The store has raised its prices again.

Illustration for 抬价 (raise prices)

More examples

节日前很多商家会抬价。jié rì qián hěn duō shāng jiā huì tái jià

Many merchants raise prices before holidays.

Core concept

A seller raises a price as though physically lifting it, usually when circumstances make extra profit possible.

Common phrases

  • 商店抬价shāng diàn tái jià

    stores raise prices

  • 商家抬价shāng jiā tái jià

    merchants raise prices

  • 对商品抬价duì shāng pǐn tái jià

    raise prices for goods

Similar words

涨价zhǎng jià: Prices of products or services go up, without saying whether the change is fair or planned.
提价tí jià: A seller raises the price of a product or service as a deliberate pricing decision.
哄抬hōng tái: Artificially push prices up through improper means, often to make extra profit.

Definition in Chinese

临时或不当提高商品或服务的价格，常含有趁机或哄抬价格的意味，属于口语用法。lín shí huò bú dàng tí gāo shāng pǐn huò fú wù de jià gé cháng hán yǒu chèn jī huò hōng tái jià gé de yì wèi shǔ yú kóu yǔ yòng fǎ

Word origin

抬价 (táijià, "raise prices") joins 抬 (tái, "lift") and 价 (jià, "price"), creating the image of lifting a price above its usual position.

Usage tips

  • The word commonly appears when a price increase feels unfair or badly timed, which makes it useful in everyday complaints about shops, tickets, or services.

Other meanings

  • jack up pricesverb

Opposites

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