零钱 língqián

HSK level

Traditional form

零錢

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

零 líng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 yǔ represents the meaning and 令 Líng represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to fall (of rain/snow)". The meaning later shifted to "scattered", "fragment", "fraction", "remainder", and "zero".

Phonetic compound

令 Líng

Semantic compound

雨 yǔ

Positional decomposition

⿱雨令

Number of Strokes

钱 Qián

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

戋 jiān

Semantic compound

钅 jīn

Positional decomposition

⿰钅戋

Number of Strokes

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 2 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 零钱 língqián in different contexts.

她 tā 数出 shǔ chū 了 le 30便士 biàn shì ——大部分 dà bù fen 是 shì 零钱 língqián ——递给了 le 我 wǒ 。

She was counting out 30p, mostly in small change, into my hand.

我 wǒ 觉得 juéde 酒吧 jiǔbā 没 méi 给 gěi 我 wǒ 找够零钱 língqián 。

I think I've been short-changed at the bar.

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 零钱 língqián and their own compounds.

零 líng

令 Líng

亼 jí

一 yī , 人 rén

雨 yǔ

钱 Qián

戔 jiān

戈 gē

弋 yì , 丿 piě

钅 jīn

See all 4 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 零钱 língqián in their composition.

零 líng

澪, 蕶 líng , 燯

钱 Qián

篯 Jiān

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