qián

money, currency, coins

HSK 1 #603

DEFINITIONS

钱 qián
  • surname Qian
  • coin
  • money
  • CL:筆|笔[bi3]
  • unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]

STROKES

WORDS

不是万能的,没是万万不能的 qián bù shì wàn néng de , méi qián shì wàn wàn bù néng de money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)
串 qián chuàn string of cash
串儿 qián chuàn r erhua variant of 錢串|钱串[qian2 chuan4]
串子 qián chuàn zi string of cash
其琛 qián qí chēn Qian Qichen (1928-2017), former Chinese vice premier
可通神 qián kě tōng shén with money, you can do anything (idiom); money talks
塘 qián táng Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
塘江 qián táng jiāng Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
塘潮 qián táng cháo tidal bore of Qiantang river
多事少离家近 qián duō shì shǎo lí jiā jìn lots of money, less work, and close to home; ideal job
学森 qián xué sēn Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer
是万恶之源 qián shì wàn è zhī yuán Money is the root of all evil.
树 qián shù money tree; prostitute; hen that lays golden eggs
永健 qián yǒng jiàn Roger Yonchien Tsien (1952-), US Chinese chemist and 2008 Nobel laureate
皮 qián pí Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-), president of Italy from 1999 to 2006
能通神 qián néng tōng shén money is all-powerful; money can move God
起 qián qǐ Qian Qi (c. 710-780), Tang Dynasty poet
钞 qián chāo money
钟书 qián zhōng shū Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), literary academic and novelist, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城
香火 xiāng huǒ qián donations to a temple
体己 tī ji qián private saved money of close family members
多少 duō shǎo qián how much money
多少 duō shao qián how much money
论 qián lùn discourse on money; discussion about money
五毛 wǔ máo qián five mao (a unit of Chinese currency); colloquially used to refer to a small sum of money