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)
Contained in
- 金钱挂帅(金錢掛帥) caring only about money and wealth
- 有钱人(有錢人) the rich; the wealthy
- 有钱有势(有錢有勢) having wealth and influence
- 铜钱(銅錢) a copper coin
- 饭钱(飯錢) meal expense
- 搞钱(搞錢) to get money; to accumulate money
- 值钱(值錢) valuable; costly; expensive
- 取钱(取錢) to withdraw money
- 钱多事少离家近(錢多事少離家近) lots of money, less work, and close to home; ideal job
- 喜钱(喜錢) tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)
- 浪费金钱(浪費金錢) to squander money; to spend extravagantly
- 茶钱(茶錢) a tip; a gratuity ; money for tea ; an additional fee paid by a tenant
- 缺钱(缺錢) shortage of money
- 银钱(銀錢) silver money
- 印子钱(印子錢) usury; high interest loan (in former times)
- 金钱万能(金錢萬能) money is omnipotent; with money, you can do anything; money talks
- 钱流(錢流) cash flow
- 钱能通神(錢能通神) money is all-powerful; money can move God
- 钱串(錢串) string of cash
- 换钱(換錢) to change money; to sell
- 俸钱(俸錢) salary
- 纸钱(紙錢) joss paper; ritual money
- 脚钱(腳錢) payment to a porter
- 退钱(退錢) to refund money
- 钱财(錢財) wealth; money
- 多钱善贾(多錢善賈) much capital, good business; good trading conditions
- 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
- 称钱(稱錢) rich; well-heeled
- 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
- 店钱(店錢) room charge in a hotel; accommodation expenses
- 赏钱(賞錢) tip; gratuity; monetary reward; bonus
- 剩钱(剩錢) to have money left; remaining money
- 洋钱(洋錢) foreign money; flat silver (former coinage)
- 偿钱(償錢) to repay a loan
- 除陌钱(除陌錢) a kind of tax in the Tang dynasty
- 钱可通神(錢可通神) with money, you can do anything; money talks
- 见钱(見錢) available money
- 罚钱(罰錢) to fine
- 儹钱(儹錢) to collect money
- 热钱(熱錢) hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
- 钱是万恶之源(錢是萬惡之源) Money is the root of all evil.
- 钱袋(錢袋) purse; wallet
- 本钱(本錢) capital ; principal [deposit] ; expenses; investment
- 铸钱(鑄錢) to coin money
- 敛钱(斂錢) to collect money; to raise funds (for charity)
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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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
- 赐钱 (賜錢) 女子賜錢五千 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — count: 3
- 行钱 (行錢) 初行錢 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 3
- 钱重 (錢重) 錢重則盜鑄錢者起 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 3
- 一钱 (一錢) 直一錢以上 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — count: 3