居民消费价格指数

居民消費價格指數

jūmín xiāofèijiàgézhǐshù

noun

Meanings

1 consumer price index (CPI)

Characters

people; civilian

pattern; standard

to point; index

Examples

HSK 6

国家统计局公布了上月的居民消费价格指数。

Guójiā Tǒngjìjú gōngbù le shàngyuè de jūmín xiāofèi jiàgé zhǐshù.

The National Bureau of Statistics released last month's consumer price index.

HSK 6

居民消费价格指数同比上涨了百分之二。

Jūmín xiāofèi jiàgé zhǐshù tóngbǐ shàngzhǎng le bǎi fēn zhī èr.

The consumer price index rose 2 percent year-on-year.

Tips

usage

This is the formal news/economics term. In conversation people just say CPI or shorten it to 物价指数 ('price index'). 居民 'residents' marks it as the household-consumer basket, distinguishing it from PPI (生产者价格指数).

Stroke Order

居 jū

民 mín

消 xiāo

费 fèi

价 jià

格 gé

指 zhǐ

数 shù