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  *錢* | 錢* | *錢
coin / money / CL: 筆|笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两
HSK 1
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  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
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  *洋* | 洋* | *洋
ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin
HSK 6
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  *泉* | 泉* | *泉
spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic)
HSK 5
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  *文* | 文* | *文
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
HSK 7-9
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  *鏹* | 鏹* | *鏹
money / string of coins
commemorative coin
coin / CL:
HSK 7-9
(neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福) satisfied with one's sex life
coin-operated / to insert a coin
(fig.) two sides of the same coin
sorry to interrupt you, but ... / sorry to have bothered you / sorry, I have to go / (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable
scary to think about (coll.) (coined c. 2013)
silver coin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坯* | 坯* | *坯
blank (e.g. for a coin) / unburnt earthenware / semifinished product / Taiwan pr. [pei1]
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枚* | 枚* | *枚
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
HSK 7-9
big head / mask in the shape of a big head / the larger end of sth / the main part / the lion's share / dupe / sucker / (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 on the obverse side
(slang, coined c. 2017, contrasted with 佛系) Dao-type, a type of person who has traits associated with a Daoist approach to life, such as being active, optimistic, earthy and forthright
small coin / dime
(term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
fractional currency (coin or note of value smaller than the country's unit of currency) / token (used instead of money for slot machines etc)
coin / to mint (coins)
round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China
one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
copper coin of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money
piggy bank / coin bank / money box
coin blank
baggage locker / coin locker
(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
silver coin from the early days of the Republic of China (1912-1949) bearing the head of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯
(gaming) (of a monster etc) to drop gold coins when defeated / (fig.) (slang) to give or spend money
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鈿* | 鈿* | *鈿
(dialect) coin; money
string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede
money (esp. coins)
coin slot
coin (archaic)
one cent (United States coin)
a ranking of items in a particular category, with the most highly regarded on top (neologism c. 2012, coined by analogy with 食物鏈|食物链, food chain)
blank (for a coin etc) / breed or strain
coin-operated / to insert coins
two-way / reversible / both sides of the coin
old coin
marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either)
lesbian-like (i.e. exhibiting lesbian traits) (coined c. 2018)
to emboss / coining / knurling
gold coin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幣* | 幣* | *幣
money / coins / currency / silk
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纙* | 纙* | *纙
string on which coins are strung
large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination
World Wide Web (WWW) / lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth / term coined by China News Digest and abbr. to 萬維網|万维网
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鏝* | 鏝* | *鏝
side of coin without words / trowel
copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)
écu (French coin, discontinued by the end of the 18th century)
copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鏰* | 鏰* | *鏰
small coin / dime
to coin (words or expressions)
(loanword) tolar, currency of Slovenia 1991-2007 / tolar, silver coin that served as the main currency of Bohemia 1520-1750
coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝, with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)
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  *緡* | 緡* | *緡
cord / fishing-line / string of coins
to divine by tossing coins
to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *繦* | 繦* | *繦
string of copper coins / variant of


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