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Meaning of 钱

Pinyin qián

Radical

钅

Strokes

Definition

(surname) / coin / money

Usage

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钱 qián 名 1. 货币: copper coins; cash; metal money. 2. 费用: expenses; costs. 3. 财物: wealth; property. 4. 圆形像钱的东西: round things like coins; copper piece. 5. 中国市制重量单位，一两的十分之一: a Chinese unit of weight, one tenth of a liang (tael). 6. 姓: a surname. 1. 货币: 铜～。金～。银～。～票。～币。～财。～庄。～粮。 1. Currency: copper coins, gold coins, silver coins, currency notes, currency, financial resources, and payment for grain. 2. 费用: 车～。买书的～。 2. Costs: transportation costs, the cost of buying books. 3. 财物: 有～有势。 3. Wealth: having money and power. 4. 圆形像钱的东西: 榆～。荷～。 4. Round objects resembling coins: elm money, lotus money. 5. 中国市制重量单位，一两的十分之一。 5. A unit of weight in the Chinese system, one-tenth of a tael. 6. 姓。 6. Surname. 【本义】:农具名，即铁铲。上古时期曾以农具作为交易媒介，其后铸造货币又仿其形为之，因此引申为货币、钱财。 Original meaning: a type of agricultural tool, specifically a iron spade. In ancient times, agricultural tools were used as trade mediums, which later influenced the shape of minted currency, thus extending the meaning to refer to money and wealth. 【造字法】:形声。从金，戔( jiān)声。 Character formation method: a phonetic-semantic compound combining the "metal" radical and the phonetic component "戔." 1. 金属货币。特指铜钱: copper coins; cash. 2. 钱财，货币的通称: money; general term for currency. 3. 像铜钱的东西: objects resembling copper coins. 4. 纸钱: paper currency. 量 1. 衡名: mace. 2. 公制重量单位。一公斤的十分之一为一公两。一公两的十分之一为一公钱: a metric weight unit; one-tenth of a kilogram is a gong liang; one-tenth of a gong liang is a gong qian. 3. 市制重量单位。中国市制中计算质量和重量的一种单位: a unit of measure used in traditional Chinese commerce, where one "市斤" (market pound) is divided into sixteen "市两" (market taels), and one "市两" is divided into ten "市钱." 4. 旧营造库平制。两的十分之一为钱: in the old construction official system, one "两" is divided into ten "钱." Examples: 1. 钱眼 (the square hole in a copper coin, metaphorically refers to money); 2. 钱价 (the price of a copper coin equivalent in silver); 3. 钱范 (the mold used to mint metal currency); 4. 钱幕 (the face or design on a coin's reverse side). 5. 钱垛 (a stack of paper money).

钱塘 Qián táng

Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]

钱币 qián bì

money

找钱 zhǎo qián

to give change

挣钱 zhèng qián

to make money

捞钱 lāo qián

lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck

掏钱 tāo qián

pay

冤枉钱 yuān wang qián

pointless expense / not worth the money spent

凑钱 còu qián

to raise enough money to do sth / to pool money / to club together (to do sth)

榆钱 yú qián

the elm tree

借钱 jiè qián

to borrow money / to lend money

值钱 zhí qián

valuable / costly / expensive

血汗钱 xuè hàn qián

hard-earned money

洗钱 xǐ qián

money laundering

价钱 jià qian

price

纸钱 zhǐ qián

ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead

花钱 huā qián

to spend money

蚁鼻钱 yǐ bí qián

Ant nose money

钱袋 qián dài

purse / wallet

赚钱 zhuàn qián

to earn money / moneymaking

赌钱 dǔ qián

to gamble

赏钱 shǎng qian

tip / gratuity / monetary reward / bonus

赔钱 péi qián

to lose money / to pay for damages

五铢钱 wǔ zhū qián

Wuzhu Coin

金钱 jīn qián

money / currency

有钱 yǒu qián

well-off / wealthy

有钱有势 yǒu qián yǒu shì

rich and powerful (idiom)

要钱 yào qián

to charge / to demand payment

铜钱 tóng qián

copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)

出钱 chū qián

to pay

本钱 běn qián

capital / (fig.) asset / advantage / the means (to do sth)

工钱 gōng qián

salary / wages

大钱 dà qián

high denomination of banknotes or coins / lots of money / a big sum (e.g. a bribe)

银钱 yín qián

silver money (in former times)

给钱 gěi qián

pay