比特币

比特幣

bǐtèbì

noun

Meanings

1 Bitcoin

Characters

to compare (phonetic)

special (phonetic)

Examples

比特币价格又创新高了。

Bǐtèbì jiàgé yòu chuàng xīngāo le.

Bitcoin just hit a new all-time high again.

中国已经禁止了比特币交易。

Zhōngguó yǐjīng jìnzhǐle bǐtèbì jiāoyì.

China has already banned Bitcoin trading.

他早年挖比特币赚了一笔。

Tā zǎonián wā bǐtèbì zhuànle yì bǐ.

He made a bundle mining Bitcoin early on.

Tips

usage

比特 is a transliteration of 'bit'; 币 means 'currency'. Mainland China banned exchanges (2017) and mining (2021), but the term remains common in news and casual speech. Related: 挖矿 (to mine), 矿工 (miner), 区块链 (blockchain).

memory

比特 = 'bit' sound-alike, 币 = coin/currency. Literally 'bit-coin'.

Stroke Order

比 bǐ

特 tè

币 bì