monmon

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From :   monmon

Date : 2009-08-26 / 02:37PM

ni hao benny wo shi monmon weishenme ren shuo kuai instead of yuan

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chinachinaman

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2009-08-26 / 11:36PM

I believe kuai4 块 just refers to the currency, like in the U.S. since we use the dollar cashiers say “san kuai 三块” which is basically 3 dollars.

Yuan2 元 is a specific currency in China.
Am i correct Benny老师?

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