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钱 Qián

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钱 Qián Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Qián | Qian2
English translation
surname Qian
coin
money
CL:筆 bǐ
>笔 bǐ [bǐ]
unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩 liǎng
>两 liǎng [liǎng]
money, currency, coins

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About 钱 Qián

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HSK level

1

Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

錢 qián

Contains the radical

钅 jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

money

Etymology of 钱 Qián

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰钅戋

Semantic compound

钅 jīn

Phonetic compound

戋 jiān

Explanation

Simplified form of 錢 qián . Phonosemantic compound. 金 Jīn represents the meaning and 戔 jiān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 钱 Qián

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那 Nā 家 jiā 旅馆 lǚ guǎn 敲 qiāo 了 le 我们 wǒmen 一笔钱 Qián .

They fleeced us at that hotel.

你 nǐ 必须 bìxū 把 bǎ 钱 Qián 存 cún 在 zài 银行 yínháng 里 lǐ .

You must deposit the money in a bank.

小王吃 chī 完 wán 饭 fàn 后 Hòu 身 shēn 上 shǎng 就 jiù 只 zhǐ 下 xià 剩 shèng 三十 sān shí 块 kuài 钱 Qián 了 le .

After his meal, Xiao Wang had only 30 yuan left.

他 tā 被 bèi 敲 qiāo 去 qù 十 shí 块 kuài 钱 Qián .

He was stung for ten yuan.

嗨 hāi ,有 yǒu 了 le 这些 zhè xiē 钱 Qián , 他 tā 可以 kěyǐ 安安静静地 de 和 hé 嘉莉生活 shēnghuó 很多年 Nián .

Why, he could live quietly with Carrie for years.

Words with 钱 Qián

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
钱 Qián coin錢 qián
赚钱 zhuàn qián to earn money賺錢
金钱 jīn qián money金錢
钱包 qián bāo purse錢包
有钱 yǒu qián well-off有錢
花钱 huā qián to spend money花錢
价钱 jià qian price價錢
挣钱 zhèng qián to make money掙錢
值钱 zhí qián valuable值錢
钱财 qián cái wealth錢財
零钱 língqián small change零錢
省钱 shěng qián to save money省錢
借钱 jiè qián to borrow money借錢
有钱人 yǒu qián rén the rich有錢人
出钱 chū qián to pay出錢
洗钱 xǐ qián money laundering洗錢
工钱 gōng qián salary工錢
本钱 běnqián capital本錢
压岁钱 yāsuìqián money given to children as new year present壓歲錢
用钱 yòng qian commission用錢
大钱 dà qián lots of money大錢
存钱 cún qián to deposit money存錢
零花钱 líng huā qián pocket money零花錢
钱币 qián bì money錢幣
赔钱 péi qián to lose money賠錢

钱 Qián Decomposition & Compounds

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钱 Qián Decomposition

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钱 Qián Compounds

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    • 篯 Jiān
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