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cin4 cin4*2
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[1] cash; coins [2] money; fund; wealth [3] a traditional unit of weight (1/10 of a tael) [4] a Chinese family name  Stroke count: 16
Level: 2
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 26530 times since 30th Oct 2012, 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 = rich; wealthy
慳錢
haan1 cin4*2 = to save money (by limiting spending) 粵
工錢
gung1 cin4*2 = salary; wages
儲定錢
cou5 ding6 cin2 = save money beforehand 粵
省錢
saang2 cin4*2 = to save money (by limiting spending)
贖錢
zuk6 cin4*2 = give change (after purchase) 粵
攞錢
lo2 cin4*2 = withdraw money (e.g., from an ATM) 粵See all 137 compounds |
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Showing 10 of 21 examples containing 錢
筆錢拖欠咗六個月。 粵
The payment has been six months in arrears. [Where Cantonese language uses a concrete word (拖欠) with substantial meaning as the verb, English language uses two function words (has been) as the verb. ]
佢偷公司錢﹐結果冇咗份工。 粵
He stole money from the company and has, consequently, lost his job. [Compared with English version, a typical Cantonese sentence does not need article (the), pronoun (his), preposition (from), and conjunction (and). But it needs a classifier (份) not found in English version. ] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Unicode code for this character: U+9322 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 錢
Unicode code for this character: U+9322 (off-site link)
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