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qián

Main
English Definition	coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两; (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script	钱
Traditional Script	錢
Pinyin	qián
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	cin²
Part of Speech	(名) noun
Measure Words	笔
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=1 TOCFL=1

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Words With Same Head Word
钱包	qiánbāo	purse; wallet
钱财	qiáncái	wealth; money
钱币	qiánbì	money
钱塘江	qiántáng jiāng	Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州 in Zhejiang Province 浙江省
钱庄	qiánzhuāng	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

Words With Same Tail Word
有钱	yǒuqián	well-off; wealthy
零钱	língqián	change (of money); small change; pocket money
零用钱	língyòng qián	pocket money; allowance; spending money
省钱	shěngqián	to save money
找钱	zhǎoqián	to give change

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