钱 (錢) qián

1. qián noun money; currency
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián n 1; Kroll 2015 '錢' 1a, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '錢', p. 127; Unihan '錢')
2. qián measure word unit of weight equal to 5 grams
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: This unit is used in the Chinese Market System of Weights and Measures (Guoyu '錢' qián n 5; Kroll 2015 '錢' 2, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '錢', pp. 127-128)
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; Kroll 2015 '錢' 1, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '錢', p. 127; 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; Kroll 2015 '錢' 1a, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '錢', p. 127)
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 spade
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '錢' jiǎn n; Kroll 2015 '錢' jiǎn, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '錢', pp. 127-128)

Contained in

• 分钱(分錢) cent; penny
• 店钱(店錢) room charge in a hotel; accommodation expenses
• 一钱如命(一錢如命) stingy; penny-pinching
• 退钱(退錢) to refund money
• 月钱(月錢) monthly payment
• 车钱(車錢) fare; transportation expense
• 臭钱(臭錢) dirty money
• 钱能通神(錢能通神) money is all-powerful; money can move God
• 花钱(花錢) to spend money
• 偿钱(償錢) to repay a loan
• 纸钱(紙錢) joss paper; ritual money
• 定钱(定錢) security deposit; earnest money (real estate); good-faith deposit
• 钱文(錢文) money
• 钱夹(錢夾) wallet
• 钱庄(錢莊) a currency exchange agency
• 钱串子(錢串子) string of cash
• 不值钱(不值錢) of little value
• 钱行(錢行) cash exchange rate
• 有钱有闲(有錢有閑) to have money and time; to be part of the leisure class; the idle rich
• 钱跟(錢跟) tax
• 散钱(散錢) to scatter money; to give to charity
• 买路钱(買路錢) money extorted as a right of passage; illegal toll
• 有本钱(有本錢) to be in a position to (take on a challenge, etc)
• 乱花钱(亂花錢) to spend money recklessly; to squander
• 制钱(制錢) copper coin
• 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
• 花钱找罪受(花錢找罪受) to spend money on something that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous
• 摇钱树(搖錢樹) money tree
• 一切向钱看(一切向錢看) to put money above everything else
• 钱树子(錢樹子) prostitute
• 冤枉钱(冤枉錢) pointless expense; not worth the money spent
• 金钱(金錢) money; currency
• 遮丑钱(遮醜錢) blackmail money
• 有钱有势(有錢有勢) having wealth and influence
• 钱债细故(錢債細故) cash debt is a trivial issue
• 浪费金钱(浪費金錢) to squander money; to spend extravagantly
• 搞钱(搞錢) to get money; to accumulate money
• 钱物(錢物) money and things of value
• 钱是万恶之源(錢是萬惡之源) Money is the root of all evil.
• 要钱(要錢) to charge; to demand payment
• 差钱(差錢) to owe money
• 不名一钱(不名一錢) to be penniless
• 有钱(有錢) to be well off; to be wealthy
• 钞钱(鈔錢) [paper] cash
• 金钱不能买来幸福(金錢不能買來幸福) money can't buy happiness
• 欠钱(欠錢) to owe money
• 烧钱(燒錢) to burn joss paper; to flush money down the toilet
• 支钱(支錢) to withdraw money

Also contained in

钱大昕 、 钱永健 、 钱学森

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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: 325
• 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: 157
• 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: 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: 144
• 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: 132
• 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: 129
• 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: 123
• 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: 121

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
• 赐钱 (賜錢) 女子賜錢五千 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — count: 4
• 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: 4
• 钱金 (錢金) 錢金 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — count: 4
• 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
• 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
• 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