錢 (cin4 cin4*2 | qian2 ) : cash, money, coins

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錢

cin4 cin4*2

qian2

[1] cash; coins
[2] money; fund; wealth
[3] a traditional unit of weight (1/10 of a tael)
[4] a Chinese family name

(Classifier(s): 筆)

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: (#167)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

錢 / 钱

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Jul 2009 12:52

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幾錢 gei2 cin4*2 = "how much?" (does this cost) 粵

幾多錢 gei2 do1 cin4*2 = how much? 粵

嘥錢 saai1 cin4*2 = to waste money 粵

有錢 jau5 cin4*2 you3 qian2 = rich; wealthy

慳錢 haan1 cin4*2 = to save money (by limiting spending) 粵

工錢 gung1 cin4*2 = salary; wages

省錢 saang2 cin4*2 sheng3 qian2 = to save money (by limiting spending)

錢債 cin4 zaai3 = debts

找錢 zaau2 cin4*2 zhao3 qian2 = to return change (money)

使錢 sai2 cin4*2 = to spend money 粵
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Showing 10 of 16 examples containing 錢

請問伊枝筆幾錢？粵
How much is this pen?
[a polite way of asking]

佢需要畀錢我粵
He must pay me money
[Lit. he must pay money me]

啲錢喺保險箱裡便粵
The money's in the safe.
[Lit. the money at safe inside]

呢個價錢貴過平時嘅。粵
This price is higher than normal.

我沒錢. 國
I don't have any money.

呢個聖誕唔好為咗我使錢！粵
Don't spend your money on me this Christmas!

今年聖誕節不要在我身上花錢喔！國
Don't spend your money on me this Christmas!

我花呢筆錢唔會覺得肉赤。粵
I don't feel any pain in spending this amount of money.

個仔成日去賭錢，做亞媽嘅都好激氣粵
As a mother, she is very upset with her son gambling.

我做呢份工唔係為錢而係為自己開心。粵
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

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Decimal representation of this word: 錢
Unicode code for this character: U+9322 (off-site link)

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