(qián) - money in Mandarin

qián

Traditional: 錢

HSK 1

#180 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

money

Word origin

钱 (qián) is a phono-semantic compound of 钅, the metal radical, and 戋 (jiān) as the phonetic. It denoted a metal coin or a small agricultural blade once used as money, and now means 'money'.

Origin: phono-semantic compound
Root: 钅(metal radical) + 戋 (jiān, phonetic)

Stroke order

钱

Examples

？

Do you have money?

？

How much does this cost?

。

I don't have money.

双shuāng鞋xié？

How much are these shoes?

。

He lent me some money.

钱 (qián) means money. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.

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Appears in 2 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 钱.

有钱yǒu qiánrich, wealthy, to have money 价钱jià qiánprice

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This word is part of lesson 4.