钱 (錢)
qián
Pinyin

Definition

钱 (錢)
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qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
  4. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liǎng]
钱 (錢)
 - 
Qián
  1. surname Qian

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

钱
Qián
  1. 1 surname Qian
值钱
zhí qián
  1. 1 valuable
  2. 2 costly
  3. 3 expensive
价钱
jià qian
  1. 1 price
取钱
qǔ qián
  1. 1 to withdraw money
压岁钱
yā suì qián
  1. 1 money given to children as new year present

Idioms (10)

一手交钱，一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
多钱善贾
duō qián shàn gǔ
  1. 1 much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions
摇钱树
yáo qián shù
  1. 1 a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken
  2. 2 a source of easy money (idiom)
有钱有势
yǒu qián yǒu shì
  1. 1 rich and powerful (idiom)
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
  1. 1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. with money, you can do anything you like

Sample Sentences

早点交货，早点上架，就可以早点收钱啊。
zǎodiǎn jiāohuò ，zǎodiǎn shàngjià ，jiù kěyǐ zǎodiǎn shōu qián a 。
The sooner you deliver the products, the sooner we launch them, and the sooner we can make money.
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最近生意不好，我没钱了。
zuìjìn shēngyì bùhǎo ，wǒ méi qián le 。
Business is not doing well lately. I ran out of money.
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那就一千个吧，试试看销量怎么样。价钱怎么谈？
nà jiù yīqiān ge ba ，shìshìkàn xiāoliàng zěnmeyàng 。jiàqian zěnme tán ？
Let’s make it a thousand. We’ll try it out and see how well it sells. What’s the price?
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看在我们第一次合作的份上，可以给您这个价钱。
kàn zài wǒmen dìyīcì hézuò de fèn shàng ，kěyǐ gěi nín zhège jiàqian 。
For the sake of our first cooperation, I could offer you a price like this.
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唉，我看别家价钱都没你高啊。
ài ，wǒ kàn bié jiā jiàqian dōu méi nǐ gāo a 。
Alas, I see other companies offering lower prices than yours.
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她要她的白马王子眼睛大，眉毛浓，头发微微自然卷，个子还要高，最重要的是要有钱，要能常常买新衣服，买她想要的东西给她。
tā yào tā de báimǎwángzǐ yǎnjing dà ，méimao nóng ，tóufa wēiwēi zìrán juǎn ，gèzi hái yào gāo ，zuì zhòngyào de shì yào yǒuqián ，yào néng chángcháng mǎi Xīn yīfu ，mǎi tā xiǎngyào de dōngxi gěi tā 。
She wants her Prince Charming to have big eyes, thick eyebrows, slightly curly hair, to be tall, and above all, to have money, to be able to buy new clothes and what she wants all the time.
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后来他在一个钱铺里做伙计；他也会写，也会算，只是总不会精细。
hòulái tā zài yīgē qiánpù lǐ zuò huǒji ；tā yě huì xiě ，yě huì suàn ，zhǐshì zǒng bùhuì jīngxì 。
Afterwards, he worked in a bank. Although he is capable of both writing and doing math – he was never careful.
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王总，一分钱一分货嘛。
Wáng zǒng ，yīfēnqiányīfēnhuò ma 。
Mr. Wang, the price reflects the quality.
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最近的投资都赔钱。
zuìjìn de tóuzī dōu péiqián 。
Recent investments are all at a loss.
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钱不够，只可以选一种。
qián bùgòu ，zhǐ kěyǐ xuǎn yīzhǒng 。
There's not enough money, you can only choose one kind.
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