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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钱* | 钱* | *钱
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
change (of money) / small change / pocket money
HSK 7-9
valuable / costly / expensive
HSK 7-9
to lose money; to suffer a financial loss / to pay for damages
HSK 7-9
wealth / money
HSK 7-9
to pay / to spend money / to fork out
HSK 7-9
capital / (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)
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
secret purse / secret stash of money
HSK 7-9
pocket money / allowance
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钱* | 钱* | *钱
surname Qian
(coll.) (neologism c. 2006) to raise money then misappropriate it
to borrow money; to lend money
to pay up / to shell out / to hand over the money to cover sth
to launder money
to deposit money / to save money
to refund money
to pay money
to collect money from sb / to give money to sb
Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer
to spend money
copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)
to gamble
to make money by selling sth
monthly payment
large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination
to pay
money (esp. coins)
Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州 in Zhejiang Province 浙江省
legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money
hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
salary / wages
to change money / to sell
a small amount of money
dirty money
to give change / to seek funding / (dialect) to make money; to earn a living
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
spare money
to spend money
joss paper made to resemble paper money
silver money (in former times)
cash
money and things of value
lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck
ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
land tax / money and grain (given as tax or tribute)
surplus money
tip / gratuity / monetary reward / bonus
wallet / Taiwan pr. [qian2 jia2]
fare / transport costs
foreign money / flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元
string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede
interest (on a loan etc)
(coll.) to gamble
security deposit; earnest money (real estate); good-faith deposit
rent / same as 租金
money
tip
not worth a penny; utterly worthless
to be penniless
usury / high interest loan (in former times)
payment to a porter
tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)
stingy; penny-pinching
money spent in vain; wasted money
payment for tea / (old) tip; gratuity
shortage of money
variant of 佣錢|佣钱
to collect money / to raise funds (for charity)
commission; brokerage
to make money
rich person / the rich
to have money left / remaining money
to raise money
to spend big (on sth) / to pour a lot of money into sth
purse / wallet
well-off / wealthy
Qian Qi (c. 710-780), Tang Dynasty poet
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), president of Italy 1999-2006
you get what you pay for
to raise enough money to do sth / to pool money / to club together (to do sth)
charges for a room / house rental
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
to fine
string of cash
cent / penny
inflation / salary raise
to bear part of the cost
two bits / a small amount of money
to earn a fortune
lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom) / fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城
(coll.) to grab money / to rake in money
to withdraw money

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