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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *錢* | 錢* | *錢
coin / money / CL: 筆|笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两
HSK 1
purse / wallet
HSK 1
price
HSK 3
to make money
HSK 5
money / currency
HSK 6
to earn money / moneymaking
HSK 6
to save money
HSK 6
to lose money; to suffer a financial loss / to pay for damages
HSK 7-9
wealth / money
HSK 7-9
change (of money) / small change / pocket money
HSK 7-9
valuable / costly / expensive
HSK 7-9
to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing
HSK 7-9
to pay / to spend money / to fork out
HSK 7-9
secret purse / secret stash of money
HSK 7-9
capital / (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)
HSK 7-9
pocket money / allowance
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *錢* | 錢* | *錢
surname Qian
to charge / to demand payment
to give change / to seek funding / (dialect) to make money; to earn a living
ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
dirty money
to change money / to sell
money (esp. coins)
silver money (in former times)
well-off / wealthy
to borrow money; to lend money
purse / wallet
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
lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
dirty money
to spend money
to launder money
to pay money
large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination
rich person / the rich
pocket money / allowance / spending money
shortage of money
to pay
a small amount of money
leopard
hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
salary / wages
to make money
copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)
cent / penny
legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money
rich and powerful (idiom)
to collect money from sb / to give money to sb
hard-earned money
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage; illegal toll / (old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession
to gamble
spare money
lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck
monthly payment
to raise enough money to do sth / to pool money / to club together (to do sth)
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)
fare / transport costs
you get what you pay for
tip
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), president of Italy 1999-2006
Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州 in Zhejiang Province 浙江省
surplus money
tidal bore of Qiantang river
cash
charges for a room / house rental
not worth a penny; utterly worthless
wasted money / pointless expense
payment for tea / (old) tip; gratuity
to spend money
string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede
a loss / to lose money
money
of little value
security deposit; earnest money (real estate); good-faith deposit
(coll.) rich / well-heeled
Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 5 grams
cash on hand; readily available funds / extra income
to collect money / to raise funds (for charity)
land tax / money and grain (given as tax or tribute)
tip / gratuity / monetary reward / bonus
copper coin of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
(coll.) to grab money / to rake in money
foreign money / flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元
tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)
joss paper made to resemble paper money
money is omnipotent (idiom) / with money, you can do anything / money talks
underground bank / illegal private bank / loan shark
(coll.) to gamble
to bear part of the cost
rent / same as 租金
money is all-powerful / money can move God
decagram
usury / high interest loan (in former times)
to make money by selling sth
payment to a porter
private saved money of close family members
interest (on a loan etc)
to be penniless
with money, you can do anything (idiom) / money talks

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