(qián) - money in Mandarin
qiánTraditional: 錢
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.
双鞋？
How much are these shoes?
。
He lent me some money.
钱 (qián) means money. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 钱.
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