When prices in a country climb so fast that money loses its worth almost while you hold it. This is not the ordinary year-by-year rise that people complain about at the market.

When prices in a country當一個國家的物價 climb so fast漲得太快 that money loses its worth快到錢貶值 almost while you hold it幾乎邊拿著邊貶值。This is這不是 the ordinary year-by-year rise那種一年一年慢慢漲的物價 that people complain about at the market人們在市場上抱怨的。

In true hyperinflation, a loaf of bread that cost one coin in the morning might cost many times that by night. People rush to spend their pay the same day they get it, or they try to use another country's money, because their own notes are turning into paper. Savings, wages, and ordinary plans all break, and the whole economy is badly hurt.

In true hyperinflation在真正的hyperinflation裡, a loaf of bread一條麵包 that cost one coin in the morning早上一枚硬幣買得到的 might cost many times that by night到了晚上可能要花好幾倍的錢。People人們 rush to spend their pay會急著把薪水花掉 the same day they get it在領到的當天, or they try to use another country's money或是想辦法用別的國家的錢, because their own notes are turning into paper因為自己國家的鈔票正在變成廢紙。Savings, wages, and ordinary plans存款、薪水，還有一般人的計畫 all break全都會崩壞, and the whole economy is badly hurt整個經濟也會受到重創。

Though actually, in conversation people sometimes say hyperinflation when they only mean prices feel painfully high this year. That is loose talk. Economists keep the word for the extreme case, when prices race up month after month and the money system itself starts to fail.

Though actually不過, in conversation日常對話裡 people有時候人們 sometimes say hyperinflation會說hyperinflation when they only mean其實只是想講 prices feel painfully high this year今年物價貴得讓人受不了而已。That is那是 loose talk不精確的說法。Economists經濟學家 keep the word把這個字留給 for the extreme case最極端的情況, when prices race up month after month也就是物價一個月一個月飛速上漲 and the money system itself starts to fail貨幣制度本身開始崩潰的時候。