钱 (錢) qián

1. qián noun money; currency
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián n 1; Unihan '錢')
2. 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)
3. 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')
4. qián noun a copper item
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 钱 is synonymous with 铜钱.
5. qián noun wealth
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián n 2)
6. 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)
7. qián proper noun Qian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián n 6)
8. qián adjective holding money
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián adj)
9. jiǎn noun a historic agricultural tool
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '錢' jiǎn n)

Contained in

• 折钱(折錢) a loss; to lose money
• 一分钱两分货(一分錢兩分貨) high quality at bargain price
• 要钱(要錢) to charge; to demand payment
• 有钱人(有錢人) the rich; the wealthy
• 有钱(有錢) to be well off; to be wealthy
• 血汗钱(血汗錢) hard-earned money
• 俩钱(倆錢) two bits; a small amount of money
• 花钱找罪受(花錢找罪受) to spend money on something that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous
• 遮丑钱(遮醜錢) blackmail money
• 房钱(房錢) rent
• 钱物(錢物) money and things of value
• 缺钱(缺錢) shortage of money
• 捞钱(撈錢) to dredge for money; to make money by reprehensible means; to fish for a quick buck
• 乱花钱(亂花錢) to spend money recklessly; to squander
• 摊钱(攤錢) to bear part of the cost
• 除陌钱(除陌錢) a kind of tax in the Tang dynasty
• 用钱(用錢) commission; brokerage
• 存钱罐(存錢罐) piggy bank; coin bank; money box
• 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
• 钱包(錢包) purse; wallet
• 冥钱(冥錢) joss paper
• 臭钱(臭錢) dirty money
• 钱是万恶之源(錢是萬惡之源) Money is the root of all evil.
• 零花钱(零花錢) pocket money; allowance
• 热钱(熱錢) hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
• 钱庄(錢莊) a money laundering operation
• 交钱(交錢) to pay up; to shell out; to hand over the money to cover sth
• 月钱(月錢) monthly payment
• 剩钱(剩錢) to have money left; remaining money
• 酒钱(酒錢) a tip
• 地钱(地錢) liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha)
• 租钱(租錢) rent
• 耍钱(耍錢) to gamble
• 体己钱(體己錢) private saved money of close family members
• 铸钱(鑄錢) to coin money
• 烧钱(燒錢) to burn joss paper; to flush money down the toilet
• 搞钱(搞錢) to get money; to accumulate money
• 有钱有势(有錢有勢) having wealth and influence
• 钞钱(鈔錢) [paper] cash
• 不值钱(不值錢) of little value
• 值钱(值錢) valuable; costly; expensive
• 一钱如命(一錢如命) stingy; penny-pinching

Also contained in

四出文钱 、 钱其琛 、 钱起 、 刀钱 、 钱学森 、 钱粮 、 钱塘潮 、 钱三强 、 钱大昕

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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: 348
• 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: 179
• 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: 155
• 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
• 卷四十八　志第二十九:　食貨三 錢幣 Volume 48 Treatises 29: Finance and Economics 3 - Money History of Jin 金史 — count: 146
• 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: 136
• 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: 135
• 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: 131

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
• 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
• 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
• 钱三 (錢三) 為錢三千萬 — Guanzi 管子, 海王第七十二 Chapter 72: King of the Sea — count: 3
• 两钱 (兩錢) 曾不如兩錢之錐 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十七 雜言 Chapter 17: Open Discussion — 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