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本錢 本钱 [[ben3qian2]] /capital/(fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)/ 877 2
不名一錢 不名一钱 [bu4 ming2 yi1 qian2] /to be penniless/ 2994 1
不香嗎 不香吗 [bu4 xiang1 ma5] /(slang) would be better (abbr. for 這錢買排骨它不香嗎|这钱买排骨它不香吗[zhe4 qian2 mai3 pai2 gu3 ta1 bu4 xiang1 ma5] for that money, a pork cutlet would be more appetizing, would it not?)/ 1902 1
不值錢 不值钱 [bu4 zhi2 qian2] /of little value/ 6804 1
茶錢 茶钱 [[cha2qian2]] /payment for tea/(old) tip; gratuity/ 916 2
車錢 车钱 [che1 qian2] /fare/transport costs/ 6858 1
趁錢 趁钱 [chen4 qian2] /variant of 稱錢|称钱[chen4 qian2]/ 4759 1
稱錢 称钱 [chen4 qian2] /(coll.) rich/well-heeled/ 4759 1
籌錢 筹钱 [chou2 qian2] /to raise money/ 6668 1
臭錢 臭钱 [chou4 qian2] /dirty money/ 6873 1
出錢 出钱 [chu1 qian2] /to pay/ 7160 1
湊錢 凑钱 [cou4 qian2] /to raise enough money to do sth/to pool money/to club together (to do sth)/ 6133 1
存錢 存钱 [cun2 qian2] /to deposit money/to save money/ 6860 1
存錢罐 存钱罐 [cun2 qian2 guan4] /piggy bank/coin bank/money box/ 6347 1
打錢 打钱 [da3 qian2] /to collect money from sb/to give money to sb/ 2067 1
大錢 大钱 [da4 qian2] /large sum of money/old Chinese type of coin of high denomination/ 2058 1
地錢 地钱 [di4 qian2] /liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha)/ 6593 1
地下錢莊 地下钱庄 [di4 xia4 qian2 zhuang1] /underground bank/illegal private bank/loan shark/ 2004 1
店錢 店钱 [dian4 qian2] /room charge in a hotel/accommodation expenses/ 7026 1
定錢 定钱 [[ding4qian5]] /security deposit; earnest money (real estate); good-faith deposit/ 663 2
賭錢 赌钱 [du3 qian2] /to gamble/ 5203 1
多錢善賈 多钱善贾 [duo1 qian2 shan4 gu3] /much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions/ 6392 1
罰錢 罚钱 [fa2 qian2] /to fine/ 5165 1
方孔錢 方孔钱 [fang1 kong3 qian2] /round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China/ 2077 1
房錢 房钱 [fang2 qian2] /charges for a room/house rental/ 7026 1
分錢 分钱 [fen1 qian2] /cent/penny/ 7092 1
份子錢 份子钱 [fen4 zi5 qian2] /gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)/ 5425 1
俸錢 俸钱 [feng4 qian2] /salary/ 6254 1
付錢 付钱 [[fu4qian2]] /to pay/ 407 2
搞錢 搞钱 [[gao3qian2]] /to make money/ 781 2
工錢 工钱 [gong1 qian2] /salary/wages/ 7160 1
公錢 公钱 [gong1 qian2] /decagram/ 4993 1
黑錢 黑钱 [hei1 qian2] /dirty money/ 5251 1
花錢 花钱 [hua1 qian2] /to spend money/ 7160 1
花錢受氣 花钱受气 [hua1 qian2 shou4 qi4] /(idiom) to have a bad experience as a customer/to encounter poor service/ 2896 1
花錢找罪受 花钱找罪受 [hua1 qian2 zhao3 zui4 shou4] /to spend money on sth that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous/ 5774 1
換錢 换钱 [huan4 qian2] /to change money/to sell/ 5299 1
活錢 活钱 [[huo2qian2]] /cash on hand; readily available funds/extra income/ 585 2
加錢 加钱 [jia1 qian2] /to pay extra; to pay more/ 1623 1
價錢 价钱 [jia4 qian5] /price/ 7160 1
見錢眼開 见钱眼开 [jian4 qian2 yan3 kai1] /to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain/money-grubbing/ 6392 1
交錢 交钱 [jiao1 qian2] /to pay up/to shell out/to hand over the money to cover sth/ 6936 1
腳錢 脚钱 [jiao3 qian2] /payment to a porter/ 4187 1
借錢 借钱 [[jie4qian2]] /to borrow money; to lend money/ 511 2
金錢 金钱 [jin1 qian2] /money/currency/ 6937 1
金錢豹 金钱豹 [jin1 qian2 bao4] /leopard/ 6706 1
金錢掛帥 金钱挂帅 [jin1 qian2 gua4 shuai4] /caring only about money and wealth/ 6606 1
金錢萬能 金钱万能 [jin1 qian2 wan4 neng2] /money is omnipotent (idiom)/with money, you can do anything/money talks/ 4784 1
酒錢 酒钱 [jiu3 qian2] /tip/ 6531 1
快錢 快钱 [kuai4 qian2] /quick buck/ 1486 1
來錢 来钱 [[lai2qian2]] /(coll.) to make money/ 19 2
浪費金錢 浪费金钱 [lang4 fei4 jin1 qian2] /to squander money/to spend extravagantly/ 6622 1
撈錢 捞钱 [lao1 qian2] /lit. to dredge for money/to make money by reprehensible means/to fish for a quick buck/ 6573 1
老錢 老钱 [[lao3qian2]] /old money; (attributive) characterized by understated luxury and elite taste/ 52 2
力錢 力钱 [li4 qian2] /payment to a porter/ 4187 1
利錢 利钱 [[li4qian2]] /interest (on an investment etc)/ 129 2
倆錢 俩钱 [lia3 qian2] /two bits/a small amount of money/ 4180 1
倆錢兒 俩钱儿 [lia3 qian2 r5] /erhua variant of 倆錢|俩钱[lia3 qian2]/ 1792 1
斂錢 敛钱 [lian3 qian2] /to collect money/to raise funds (for charity)/ 6957 1
零花錢 零花钱 [ling2 hua1 qian2] /pocket money/allowance/ 5606 1
零錢 零钱 [ling2 qian2] /change (of money)/small change/pocket money/ 6832 1
零用錢 零用钱 [ling2 yong4 qian2] /pocket money/allowance/spending money/ 3869 1
摟錢 搂钱 [lou1 qian2] /(coll.) to grab money/to rake in money/ 5154 1
亂花錢 乱花钱 [luan4 hua1 qian2] /to spend money recklessly/to squander/ 6636 1
馬錢子 马钱子 [[ma3qian2zi3]] /Strychnos nux-vomica/ 148 2
買路財 买路财 [mai3 lu4 cai2] /see 買路錢|买路钱[mai3 lu4 qian2]/ 4137 1
買路錢 买路钱 [mai3 lu4 qian2] /money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage; illegal toll/(old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession/ 1509 1
賣錢 卖钱 [mai4 qian2] /to make money by selling sth/ 1670 1
冥錢 冥钱 [ming2 qian2] /joss paper made to resemble paper money/ 2429 1
賠錢 赔钱 [[pei2qian2]] /to lose money; to suffer a financial loss/to pay for damages/ 567 2
賠錢貨 赔钱货 [[pei2qian2huo4]] /unprofitable goods; item that can only be sold at a loss/daughter (so called in former times because daughters required a dowry when they married)/ 881 2
錢 钱 [qian2] /coin/money/CL:筆|笔[bi3]/unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]/ 5389 1
錢 钱 [[Qian2]] /surname Qian/ 1001 2
錢包 钱包 [qian2 bao1] /purse/wallet/ 7160 1
錢不是萬能的,沒錢是萬萬不能的 钱不是万能的,没钱是万万不能的 [qian2 bu4 shi4 wan4 neng2 de5 , mei2 qian2 shi4 wan4 wan4 bu4 neng2 de5] /money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)/ 2862 1
錢財 钱财 [qian2 cai2] /wealth/money/ 7092 1
錢鈔 钱钞 [qian2 chao1] /money/ 6433 1
錢串 钱串 [qian2 chuan4] /string of cash/ 6641 1
錢串兒 钱串儿 [qian2 chuan4 r5] /erhua variant of 錢串|钱串[qian2 chuan4]/ 5152 1
錢串子 钱串子 [qian2 chuan4 zi5] /string of copper coins (in ancient China)/(fig.) an overly money-oriented person/(zoology) centipede/ 1981 1
錢多事少離家近 钱多事少离家近 [qian2 duo1 shi4 shao3 li2 jia1 jin4] /lots of money, less work, and close to home/ideal job/ 5806 1
錢夾 钱夹 [qian2 jia1] /wallet/Taiwan pr. [qian2 jia2]/ 5806 1
錢可通神 钱可通神 [qian2 ke3 tong1 shen2] /with money, you can do anything (idiom)/money talks/ 4785 1
錢糧 钱粮 [qian2 liang2] /land tax/money and grain (given as tax or tribute)/ 6613 1
錢能通神 钱能通神 [qian2 neng2 tong1 shen2] /money is all-powerful/money can move God/ 6706 1
錢皮 钱皮 [Qian2 pi2] /Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), president of Italy 1999-2006/ 2228 1
錢其琛 钱其琛 [Qian2 Qi2 chen1] /Qian Qichen (1928-2017), former Chinese vice premier/ 3433 1
錢起 钱起 [Qian2 Qi3] /Qian Qi (c. 710-780), Tang Dynasty poet/ 3862 1
錢三強 钱三强 [Qian2 San1 qiang2] /Qian Sanqiang/ 7092 1
錢物 钱物 [qian2 wu4] /money and things of value/ 4712 1
錢學森 钱学森 [Qian2 Xue2 sen1] /Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer/ 6178 1
錢永健 钱永健 [Qian2 Yong3 jian4] /Roger Yonchien Tsien (1952-), US Chinese chemist and 2008 Nobel laureate/ 6569 1
錢鍾書 钱钟书 [[Qian2 Zhong1shu1]] /Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城[Wei2cheng2]/ 444 2
錢莊 钱庄 [qian2 zhuang1] /old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949)/(in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal/ 2004 1
錢幣 钱币 [[qian2bi4]] /money (esp. coins)/ 891 2
錢袋 钱袋 [[qian2dai4]] /wallet; purse; money bag/ 114 2
錢袋子 钱袋子 [[qian2dai4zi5]] /(coll.) purse; money bag/(fig.) one's money; one's savings/ 115 2
錢塘 钱塘 [[Qian2tang2]] /see 錢塘江|钱塘江[Qian2tang2 Jiang1]/see 錢塘區|钱塘区[Qian2tang2 Qu1]/ 186 2
錢塘江 钱塘江 [[Qian2tang2 Jiang1]] /Qiantang River, the principal river of Zhejiang Province, eastern China, flowing through Hangzhou and into Hangzhou Bay, noted for its spectacular tidal bore 錢塘潮|钱塘潮[Qian2tang2chao2]/ 433 2
錢塘區 钱塘区 [[Qian2tang2 Qu1]] /Qiantang, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市[Hang2zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang/ 186 2
錢塘潮 钱塘潮 [[Qian2tang2chao2]] /tidal bore of the Qiantang River 錢塘江|钱塘江[Qian2tang2 Jiang1] in Zhejiang/ 433 2
取錢 取钱 [qu3 qian2] /to withdraw money/ 3983 1
圈錢 圈钱 [[quan1qian2]] /(coll.) (neologism, attested by 2006) to extract money unscrupulously (e.g. through IPOs, fandom, or game mechanics) while offering little genuine value; to grift; to fleece/ 215 2
缺錢 缺钱 [que1 qian2] /shortage of money/ 6706 1
熱錢 热钱 [[re4qian2]] /(finance) hot money/ 61 2
散錢 散钱 [san3 qian2] /small sum of money/loose change/Cantonese equivalent of 零錢|零钱[ling2 qian2]/ 6544 1
散錢 散钱 [san4 qian2] /to scatter money/to give to charity/ 6544 1
賞錢 赏钱 [shang3 qian5] /tip/gratuity/monetary reward/bonus/ 5441 1
燒錢 烧钱 [shao1 qian2] /to burn joss paper/(fig.) to flush money down the toilet/ 3395 1
折錢 折钱 [she2 qian2] /a loss/to lose money/ 5837 1
身體是革命的本錢 身体是革命的本钱 [shen1 ti3 shi4 ge2 ming4 de5 ben3 qian2] /lit. the body is the revolution's capital/fig. good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)/ 2435 1
省錢 省钱 [sheng3 qian2] /to save money/ 7016 1
剩錢 剩钱 [sheng4 qian2] /to have money left/remaining money/ 6447 1
市錢 市钱 [[shi4qian2]] /Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 5 grams/ 580 2
耍錢 耍钱 [shua3 qian2] /(coll.) to gamble/ 2630 1
私房錢 私房钱 [si1 fang2 qian2] /secret purse/secret stash of money/ 6173 1
四出文錢 四出文钱 [si4 chu1 wen2 qian2] /coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[Han4 Ling2 Di4], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)/ 2982 1
攤錢 摊钱 [tan1 qian2] /to bear part of the cost/ 5886 1
掏錢 掏钱 [tao1 qian2] /to pay/to spend money/to fork out/ 1992 1
體己錢 体己钱 [ti1 ji5 qian2] /private saved money of close family members/ 6806 1
銅錢 铜钱 [tong2 qian2] /copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)/ 2077 1
退錢 退钱 [tui4 qian2] /to refund money/ 5009 1
圍城 围城 [[Wei2cheng2]] /Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书[Qian2 Zhong1shu1], filmed as a TV serial/ 938 2
搵錢 揾钱 [wen4 qian2] /(dialect) to make money/ 4379 1
洗稿 洗稿 [xi3 gao3] /to modify a text so it can be plagiarized without detection (neologism c. 2014, formed by analogy with 洗錢|洗钱[xi3 qian2], to launder money)/ 2285 1
洗黑錢 洗黑钱 [xi3 hei1 qian2] /money laundering/ 7160 1
洗錢 洗钱 [xi3 qian2] /to launder money/ 2285 1
喜錢 喜钱 [xi3 qian5] /tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)/ 6191 1
閒錢 闲钱 [xian2 qian2] /spare money/ 1181 1
現錢 现钱 [xian4 qian2] /cash/ 6705 1
香火錢 香火钱 [xiang1 huo3 qian2] /donations to a temple/ 4594 1
小錢 小钱 [xiao3 qian2] /a small amount of money/ 1099 1
新錢 新钱 [[xin1qian2]] /newly minted coin; freshly printed banknote/fresh capital; new investment funds/(coll.) new money; recently acquired wealth; (by metonymy) the nouveau riche/ 314 2
血汗錢 血汗钱 [xue4 han4 qian2] /hard-earned money/ 3843 1
壓歲錢 压岁钱 [[ya1sui4qian2]] /money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve/ 899 2
洋錢 洋钱 [yang2 qian2] /foreign money/flat silver (former coinage)/also written 銀元|银元/ 6906 1
搖錢樹 摇钱树 [[yao2qian2shu4]] /legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken/(fig.) source of easy money/ 834 2
要錢 要钱 [yao4 qian2] /to charge/to demand payment/ 6790 1
一分錢兩分貨 一分钱两分货 [yi1 fen1 qian2 liang3 fen1 huo4] /high quality at bargain price/ 5836 1
一分錢一分貨 一分钱一分货 [[yi1 fen1 qian2 yi1 fen1 huo4]] /you get what you pay for/ 873 2
一切向錢看 一切向钱看 [yi1 qie4 xiang4 qian2 kan4] /to put money above everything else/ 5088 1
一手交錢,一手交貨 一手交钱,一手交货 [yi1 shou3 jiao1 qian2 , yi1 shou3 jiao1 huo4] /lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)/fig. to pay for what you want in cash/simple and direct transaction/ 5168 1
一錢不值 一钱不值 [[yi1qian2-bu4zhi2]] /(idiom) not worth a penny; utterly worthless/ 122 2
一錢如命 一钱如命 [[yi1qian2-ru2ming4]] /(idiom) stingy; penny-pinching/ 471 2
銀錢 银钱 [yin2 qian2] /silver money (in former times)/ 7010 1
印子 印子 [yin4 zi5] /trace/impression (e.g. footprint)/abbr. of 印子錢|印子钱[yin4 zi5 qian2], usury/ 6109 1
印子錢 印子钱 [yin4 zi5 qian2] /usury/high interest loan (in former times)/ 6109 1
用錢 用钱 [[yong4qian2]] /to spend money/ 579 2
佣錢 佣钱 [[yong4qian5]] /commission; brokerage/ 579 2
用錢 用钱 [[yong4qian5]] /variant of 佣錢|佣钱[yong4qian5]/ 579 2
有本錢 有本钱 [[you3 ben3qian2]] /to be in a position to (take on a challenge etc)/ 418 2
有錢 有钱 [you3 qian2] /well-off/wealthy/ 5449 1
有錢能使鬼推磨 有钱能使鬼推磨 [you3 qian2 neng2 shi3 gui3 tui1 mo4] /lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)/fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks/ 1283 1
有錢人 有钱人 [you3 qian2 ren2] /rich person/the rich/ 2549 1
有錢有勢 有钱有势 [you3 qian2 you3 shi4] /rich and powerful (idiom)/ 6083 1
有錢有閑 有钱有闲 [you3 qian2 you3 xian2] /to have money and time/to be part of the leisure class/the idle rich/ 5384 1
餘錢 余钱 [yu2 qian2] /surplus money/ 6667 1
冤枉錢 冤枉钱 [yuan1 wang5 qian2] /wasted money/pointless expense/ 2550 1
冤錢 冤钱 [[yuan1qian2]] /money spent in vain; wasted money/ 926 2
月錢 月钱 [yue4 qian2] /monthly payment/ 6126 1
砸錢 砸钱 [za2 qian2] /to spend big (on sth)/to pour a lot of money into sth/ 2015 1
攢錢 攒钱 [[zan3qian2]] /to save up money/ 360 2
漲錢 涨钱 [zhang3 qian2] /inflation/salary raise/ 6810 1
找錢 找钱 [[zhao3qian2]] /to give change/to seek funding/(dialect) to make money; to earn a living/ 752 2
掙錢 挣钱 [zheng4 qian2] /to make money/ 7160 1
值錢 值钱 [zhi2 qian2] /valuable/costly/expensive/ 6804 1
紙錢 纸钱 [zhi3 qian2] /ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead/ 6856 1
制錢 制钱 [zhi4 qian2] /copper coin of the Ming and Qing Dynasties/ 5512 1
賺大錢 赚大钱 [zhuan4 da4 qian2] /to earn a fortune/ 6908 1
賺錢 赚钱 [zhuan4 qian2] /to earn money/moneymaking/ 5449 1
租錢 租钱 [zu1 qian5] /rent/same as 租金/ 6573 1

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