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
- 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