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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)
罚钱
fáqián
to fine
赏钱
shǎngqian
tip
筹钱
chóuqián
to raise money
缺钱
quēqián
shortage of money
花钱
huāqián
to spend money
要钱
yàoqián
to charge
租钱
zūqian
rent
称钱
chènqián
(coll.) rich
涨钱
zhǎngqián
inflation
纸钱
zhǐqián
ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
凑钱
còuqián
to raise enough money to do sth
臭钱
chòuqián
dirty money
省钱
shěngqián
to save money
茶钱
cháqián
tip
热钱
rèqián
hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
公钱
gōngqián
decagram
交钱
jiāoqián
to pay up
冤钱
yuānqián
pointless expense
出钱
chūqián
to pay
付钱
fùqián
to pay money
Example Sentences (10)
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
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
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
现在钱不是问题了，主要是没有时间。
Xiànzài qián bú shì wèntí le,zhǔyào shì méiyǒu shíjiān.
Money isn't a problem anymore; the main thing is there's no time.
Text 1
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