钱 qián▶ tiền

Stroke order

钱 is written in 10 strokes.

• 钱

Senses

1. coin
2. money

Example sentences

• 我没有钱。Wǒ méiyǒu qián.I have no money.
• 我的钱不多。Wǒ de qián bù duō.I do not have much money.

Related words

• 零钱Tiền lẻ
• 本钱Thủ đô; Vốn
• 压岁钱Tiền lì xì

钱 is pronounced qián and means “tiền”. It belongs to the HSK 1 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 钱 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.