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钱
錢
qián
1.
coin
2.
money
3.
CL:[[筆|笔<bǐ>]]
4.
unit of weight, one tenth of a tael [[兩|两<liǎng>]]
HSK 1
Very Common • Top 0%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
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
Example Sentences (10)
人们常说“一分钱一分货”，意思是东西的质量和价格有很大的关系，也可以说“便宜没好货，好货不便宜”，一般情况下，你花的钱越多，买的东西也就越好。
Rénmen cháng shuō "yì fēn qián yì fēn huò", yìsi shì dōngxi de zhìliàng hé jiàgé yǒu hěn dà de guānxi, yě kěyǐ shuō "piányi méi hǎo huò, hǎo huò bù piányi", yìbān qíngkuàng xià, nǐ huā de qián yuè duō, mǎi de dōngxi yě jiù yuè hǎo.
People often say "you get what you pay for", meaning that the quality of something is closely related to its price. You can also say "cheap isn't good; good isn't cheap". In general, the more money you spend, the better the things you buy.
Text 5
老周，我打算买房子了，想向你借点儿钱。
Lǎo Zhōu, wǒ dǎsuàn mǎi fángzi le, xiǎng xiàng nǐ jiè diǎnr qián.
Old Zhou, I'm planning to buy a house and want to borrow some money from you.
Text 1
我年轻的时候也这么想，但是那时候没有钱，如果有钱，就去了。
Wǒ niánqīng de shíhou yě zhème xiǎng, dànshì nà shíhou méiyǒu qián,rúguǒ yǒu qián, jiù qù le.
I thought so too when I was young, but I didn't have money then. If I had had money, I would have gone.
Text 1
西瓜吧。你看，这上面写着“西瓜不甜不要钱”。
Xīguā ba. Nǐ kàn, zhè shàngmiàn xiězhe "xīguā bù tián bú yào qián".
How about watermelon? Look, it says here "If the watermelon isn't sweet, you don't have to pay".
Text 3
七块钱一斤，您放心，保证百分之百新鲜。
Qī kuài qián yì jīn, nín fàngxīn, bǎozhèng bǎi fēn zhī bǎi xīnxiān.
Seven yuan per jin, rest assured, guaranteed 100% fresh.
Text 2
好，钱下午打给你。你打算在哪儿买房？
Hǎo, qián xiàwǔ dǎ gěi nǐ. Nǐ dǎsuàn zài nǎr mǎi fáng?
Okay, I'll transfer the money to you this afternoon. Where do you plan to buy a house?
Text 1
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 602
- Word Frequency Rank
- 228 of 84,292