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钱
錢
Qián
1. surname Qian
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

钱
qián
money, currency, coins
HSK 1 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

交钱
jiāoqián
to pay up
付钱
fùqián
to pay money
佣钱
yòngqian
commission
俸钱
fèngqián
salary
借钱
jièqián
to lend money
值钱
zhíqián
valuable
价钱
jiàqian
price
公钱
gōngqián
decagram
冤钱
yuānqián
pointless expense
出钱
chūqián
to pay
分钱
fēnqián
cent
利钱
lìqián
interest (on a loan etc)
制钱
zhìqián
copper coin of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
剩钱
shèngqián
to have money left
取钱
qǔqián
withdraw money
喜钱
xǐqian
tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)
地钱
dìqián
liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha)
大钱
dàqián
high denomination of banknotes or coins
存钱
cúnqián
to deposit money
定钱
dìngqian
security deposit

Alternate Entries

钱
qián
coin / money / CL:[[筆|笔<bǐ>]] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael [[兩|两<liǎng>]]
HSK 1

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
602
Word Frequency Rank
228 of 84,292

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