錢

简 钱 · 繁 錢
Mandarin · pinyin qián#

Meanings · qián

  1. coin
  2. money
  3. Classifier: 筆 bǐ
  4. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩 liǎng
Mandarin · pinyin Qián#

Meanings · Qián

  1. surname Qian
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钱
qián · money, currency, coins
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cin2 · cin4 · zin2

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  1. money; cash
  2. currency; coins
  3. cost; fund; expense
  4. coin-shaped object
  5. mace (unit of weight equivalent to one tenth of a 兩/两 (liǎng, “tael”) and equal to ten 分 (fēn, “candareen”))
  6. a surname, Qian, listed second in the Baijiaxing & the dynasty of the kings of Wuyue

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  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of farm tool

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錢 · qian2 · Qian2
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Exact source records錢 钱 [qian2] /coin/money/CL:筆|笔[bi3]/unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]/錢 钱 [Qian2] /surname Qian/