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 word has been viewed 22279 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 you3 qian2 = 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 sheng3 qian2 = to save money (by limiting spending)

贖錢 zuk6 cin4*2 shu2 qian2 = give change (after purchase) 粵

攞錢 lo2 cin4*2 = withdraw money (e.g., from an ATM) 粵
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Showing all 21 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!

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. ]

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.

我做這份工作不是為錢而是為自己開心。國
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

佢重未賠返我啲錢。粵
He still hasn't paid me back yet.

佢老婆起佢尾注擸晒啲錢跟佬走咗粵
His wife took all his money and eloped with another man already.

行山鞋價錢不菲粵
The price of hiking shoes is not cheap.

喺店舖拎走貨品冇畀錢, 是為之店舖盜竊。粵
Taking away merchandise from a store without making payment is defined as shoplifting.

雖然你老公喺出便嫖賭飲吹，但至少佢識賺錢返嚟養家，你咪冇眼屎乾淨盲囉粵
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and choose to be happy.

再係噉落去, 會輸晒啲錢架粵
If you keep going on like this, you would lose all your money.

直覺話我知﹐錢係佢偷嘅。粵
I have a gut feeling that he stole the money.
[The two nouns "feeling" and "money" could be placed ahead of the two pronouns "I" and "he" respectively in the Cantonese version.]

佢啲錢差唔多輸晒咁滯。粵
He has almost lost all his money.
[差唔多 and 咁滯 are two apparently redundant adverbs that share the meaning of "almost". However, when used together, they function as two split constituents that form part of a discontinuous construction.]

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