Money in Chinese (Mandarin): 钱 (qián)
钱
qián
money
- Simplified
- 钱
- Traditional
- 錢
- Pinyin
- qián
- Typed as
- qian
Use it in a sentence
我用钱买糖。
我用錢買糖。
I use money to buy candy.
The characters in 钱
钱 / 錢
Money. 钅 (metal) is on the left, because early coins were metal.
10 strokes
Second tone. Spending money is 花钱 (huā qián), and "how much?" is 多少钱？ (duōshao qián?).
More examples with 钱
这个多少钱？
這個多少錢？
Zhège duōshao qián?
How much is this?
我把钱放进存钱罐。
我把錢放進存錢罐。
Wǒ bǎ qián fàng jìn cúnqiánguàn.
I put money in my piggy bank.
How to write 钱 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
钱 10 strokes
In Traditional characters:
錢 16 strokes
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