钱 (錢) qián
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qián
noun
money; currency
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián n 1; Unihan '錢') -
qián
measure word
unit of weight equal to 5 grams
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: This unit is used in the Chinese Market System of Weights and Measures (Guoyu '錢' qián n 5) -
qián
noun
a coin; a copper coin
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 钱 is a 金属货币 metallic coin (Guoyu '錢' n 4; Unihan '錢') -
qián
noun
a copper item
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 钱 is synonymous with 铜钱. -
qián
noun
wealth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián n 2) -
qián
suffix
cost; expenditure; expense
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 饭钱 'meal expense', 车钱 'transportation expense' (Guoyu '錢' qián n 3) -
qián
proper noun
Qian
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián n 6) -
qián
adjective
holding money
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián adj) -
jiǎn
noun
a historic agricultural tool
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '錢' jiǎn n)
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- 不值钱(不值錢) of little value
- 印子钱(印子錢) usury; high interest loan (in former times)
- 黑钱(黑錢) dirty money
- 饭钱(飯錢) meal expense
- 银钱(銀錢) silver money
- 俩钱(倆錢) two bits; a small amount of money
- 本钱(本錢) capital ; principal [deposit] ; expenses; investment
- 金钱挂帅(金錢掛帥) caring only about money and wealth
- 浪费金钱(浪費金錢) to squander money; to spend extravagantly
- 有钱人(有錢人) the rich; the wealthy
- 现钱(現錢) cash
- 脚钱(腳錢) payment to a porter
- 市钱(市錢) Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 5 grams
- 买路钱(買路錢) money extorted as a right of passage; illegal toll
- 钱串(錢串) string of cash
- 钱树(錢樹) money tree; prostitute; hen that lays golden eggs
- 摊钱(攤錢) to bear part of the cost
- 佣钱(佣錢) commission; brokerage
- 压岁钱(壓歲錢) money given to children as new year present
- 有钱有势(有錢有勢) having wealth and influence
- 大钱(大錢) high denomination of banknotes or coins; lots of money; a big sum ; daqian; large cash
- 见钱眼开(見錢眼開) to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit; thinking of nothing but personal gain
- 身体是革命的本钱(身體是革命的本錢) the body is the revolution's capital; good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)
- 有本钱(有本錢) to be in a position to (take on a challenge, etc)
- 赚钱(賺錢) to earn money
- 钱币(錢幣) a coin; money
- 有钱有闲(有錢有閑) to have money and time; to be part of the leisure class; the idle rich
- 欠钱(欠錢) to owe money
- 私房钱(私房錢) a secret purse; a secret stash of money
- 钞钱(鈔錢) [paper] cash
- 钱钞(錢鈔) money
- 有钱能使鬼推磨(有錢能使鬼推磨) money will make the Devil turn millstones; with money, you can do anything you like
- 搞钱(搞錢) to get money; to accumulate money
- 有钱(有錢) to be well off; to be wealthy
- 涨钱(漲錢) inflation; salary raise
- 给他加上一块钱(給他加上一塊錢) give him one a few moe dollars
- 散钱(散錢) to scatter money; to give to charity
- 出钱(出錢) to pay
- 俩钱儿(倆錢兒) two bits
- 一手交钱,一手交货(一手交錢,一手交貨) one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods; to pay for what you want in cash
- 罚钱(罰錢) to fine
- 力钱(力錢) payment to a porter
- 捞钱(撈錢) to dredge for money; to make money by reprehensible means; to fish for a quick buck
- 揾钱(搵錢) to make money
- 零花钱(零花錢) pocket money; allowance
- 领钱(領錢) to withdraw money
- 体己钱(體己錢) private saved money of close family members
- 冤钱(冤錢) pointless expense; not worth the money spent
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- 卷一百八十 志第一百三十三 食貨下二 Volume 180 Treatises 133: Finance and Economics 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 345
- 卷九十六 志第四十五上: 食貨四 Volume 96 Treatises 49: Finance and Economics 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 213
- 卷四十八 志第二十八: 食貨上 Volume 48 Treatises 28: Finance and Economics 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 161
- 卷五十四 志第四十四 食貨四 Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 157
- 卷一百七十二 志第一百二十五 職官十二 Volume 172 Treatises 125: Offical Posts 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 150
- 卷九十四 志第四十三: 食貨二 Volume 94 Treatises 47: Finance and Economics 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 147
- 卷一百七十七 志第一百三十 食貨上五 Volume 177 Treatises 130: Finance and Economics 1e History of Song 宋史 — count: 133
- 卷一百八十三 志第一百三十六 食貨下五 Volume 183 Treatises 136: Finance and Economics 2e History of Song 宋史 — count: 132
- 卷一百七十五 志第一百二十八 食貨上三 Volume 175 Treatises 128: Finance and Economics 1c History of Song 宋史 — count: 128
- 卷八十一 志第五十七 食貨五 Volume 81 Treatises 57: Finance and Economics 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 128
Collocations
- 缗钱 (緡錢) 異時算軺車賈人緡錢皆有差 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平準書》 Equalization — count: 10
- 铢钱 (銖錢) 行八銖錢 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《漢興以來將相名臣年表》 Yearly Table of Statesmen, Generals and Officials since the Han Dynasty's Founding — count: 7
- 十钱 (十錢) 中歲之穀糶石十錢 — Guanzi 管子, 國蓄第七十三 Chapter 73: State Reserves — count: 5
- 钱金 (錢金) 錢金 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — count: 4
- 钱布 (錢布) 故賦無錢布 — Guanzi 管子, 山至數第七十六 Chapter 76: Travelling to the Mountains — count: 3
- 百钱 (百錢) 曾不如百錢之狸 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十七 雜言 Chapter 17: Open Discussion — count: 3
- 钱二 (錢二) 令中大夫王邑載錢二千萬求生鹿於楚 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重戊第八十四 Chapter 84: Weight V — count: 3
- 钱五 (錢五) 楚以生鹿藏錢五倍 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重戊第八十四 Chapter 84: Weight V — count: 3
- 钱重 (錢重) 錢重則盜鑄錢者起 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 3
- 贷钱 (貸錢) 貸錢者多不能與其息 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孟嘗君列傳》 Biography of Lord Mengchang — count: 3