| 錢 | [ qián ] surname Qian |
| 錢 | [ qián ] coin, money, CL:筆|笔[bi3], unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3] |
| 錢三強 | [ qián sān qiáng ] Qian Sanqiang |
| 錢不是萬能的，沒錢是萬萬不能的 | [ qián bù shì wàn néng de meí qián shì wàn wàn bù néng de ] money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom) |
| 錢串 | [ qián chuàn ] string of cash |
| 錢串兒 | [ qián chuàn ] erhua variant of 錢串|钱串[qian2 chuan4] |
| 錢串子 | [ qián chuàn zi ] string of copper coins (in ancient China), (fig.) an overly money-oriented person, (zoology) centipede |
| 錢其琛 | [ qián qí chēn ] Qian Qichen (1928-2017), former Chinese vice premier |
| 錢包 | [ qián baō ] purse, wallet |
| 錢可通神 | [ qián kě tōng shén ] with money, you can do anything (idiom), money talks |
| 錢塘 | [ qián táng ] Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3] |
| 錢塘江 | [ qián táng jiāng ] Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3] |
| 錢塘潮 | [ qián táng chaó ] tidal bore of Qiantang river |
| 錢多事少離家近 | [ qián duō shì shaǒ lí jiā jìn ] lots of money, less work, and close to home, ideal job |
| 錢夾 | [ qián jiā ] wallet, Taiwan pr. [qian2 jia2] |
| 錢學森 | [ qián xué sēn ] Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer |
| 錢幣 | [ qián bì ] money |
| 錢是萬惡之源 | [ qián shì wàn è zhī yuán ] Money is the root of all evil. |
| 錢樹 | [ qián shù ] money tree, prostitute, hen that lays golden eggs |
| 錢永健 | [ qián yǒng jiàn ] Roger Yonchien Tsien (1952-), US Chinese chemist and 2008 Nobel laureate |
| 錢物 | [ qián wù ] money and things of value |
| 錢皮 | [ qián pí ] Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), president of Italy 1999-2006 |
| 錢糧 | [ qián liáng ] land tax, money and grain (given as tax or tribute) |
| 錢能通神 | [ qián néng tōng shén ] money is all-powerful, money can move God |
| 錢莊 | [ qián zhuāng ] 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 |
| 錢袋 | [ qián daì ] purse, wallet |
| 錢財 | [ qián caí ] wealth, money |
| 錢起 | [ qián qǐ ] Qian Qi (c. 710-780), Tang Dynasty poet |
| 錢鈔 | [ qián chaō ] money |
| 錢鐘書 | [ qián zhōng shū ] Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), literary academic and novelist, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城 |
| ⇒ 一分錢一分貨 | [ yī fēn qián yī fēn huò ] nothing for nothing, you get what you pay for |
| ⇒ 一分錢兩分貨 | [ yī fēn qián liǎng fēn huò ] high quality at bargain price |
| ⇒ 一切向錢看 | [ yī qiè xiàng qián kàn ] to put money above everything else |
| ⇒ 一手交錢，一手交貨 | [ yī shoǔ qián yī shoǔ huò ] lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom), fig. to pay for what you want in cash, simple and direct transaction |
| ⇒ 一錢不值 | [ yī qián bù zhí ] not worth a penny, utterly worthless |
| ⇒ 一錢如命 | [ yī qián rú mìng ] stingy, penny-pinching |
| ⇒ 不值錢 | [ bù zhí qián ] of little value |
| ⇒ 不名一錢 | [ bù míng yī qián ] to be penniless |
| ⇒ 亂花錢 | [ luàn huā qián ] to spend money recklessly, to squander |
| ⇒ 交錢 | [ qián ] to pay up, to shell out, to hand over the money to cover sth |
| ⇒ 付錢 | [ fù qián ] to pay money |
| ⇒ 份子錢 | [ fèn zi qián ] gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc) |
| ⇒ 佣錢 | [ yòng qian ] commission, brokerage |
| ⇒ 俸錢 | [ fèng qián ] salary |
| ⇒ 倆錢 | [ liǎ qián ] two bits, a small amount of money |
| ⇒ 倆錢兒 | [ liǎ qián ] erhua variant of 倆錢|俩钱[lia3 qian2] |
| ⇒ 借錢 | [ jiè qián ] to borrow money, to lend money |
| ⇒ 值錢 | [ zhí qián ] valuable, costly, expensive |
| ⇒ 價錢 | [ jià qian ] price |
| ⇒ 公錢 | [ gōng qián ] decagram |
| ⇒ 冤枉錢 | [ yuān wang qián ] wasted money, pointless expense |
| ⇒ 冤錢 | [ yuān qián ] money spent in vain, wasted money |
| ⇒ 冥錢 | [ míng qián ] joss paper made to resemble paper money |
| ⇒ 出錢 | [ chū qián ] to pay |
| ⇒ 分錢 | [ fēn qián ] cent, penny |
| ⇒ 利錢 | [ lì qián ] interest (on a loan etc) |
| ⇒ 制錢 | [ zhì qián ] copper coin of the Ming and Qing Dynasties |
| ⇒ 剩錢 | [ shèng qián ] to have money left, remaining money |
| ⇒ 力錢 | [ lì qián ] payment to a porter |
| ⇒ 印子錢 | [ yìn zi qián ] usury, high interest loan (in former times) |
| ⇒ 取錢 | [ qǔ qián ] to withdraw money |
| ⇒ 喜錢 | [ xǐ qian ] tip given on a happy occasion (traditional) |
| ⇒ 四出文錢 | [ sì chū wén qián ] coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[Han4 Ling2 Di4], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文) |
| ⇒ 地下錢莊 | [ dì xià qián zhuāng ] underground bank, illegal private bank, loan shark |
| ⇒ 地錢 | [ dì qián ] liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) |
| ⇒ 壓歲錢 | [ yā suì qián ] money given to children as new year present |
| ⇒ 多錢善賈 | [ duō qián shàn gǔ ] much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions |
| ⇒ 大錢 | [ dà qián ] large sum of money, old Chinese type of coin of high denomination |
| ⇒ 存錢 | [ cún qián ] to deposit money, to save money |
| ⇒ 存錢罐 | [ cún qián guàn ] piggy bank, coin bank, money box |
| ⇒ 定錢 | [ dìng qian ] security deposit, earnest money (real estate), good-faith deposit |
| ⇒ 工錢 | [ gōng qián ] salary, wages |
| ⇒ 市錢 | [ shì qián ] Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 5 grams |
| ⇒ 店錢 | [ diàn qián ] room charge in a hotel, accommodation expenses |
| ⇒ 房錢 | [ fáng qián ] charges for a room, house rental |
| ⇒ 打錢 | [ dǎ qián ] to collect money from sb, to give money to sb |
| ⇒ 找錢 | [ zhaǒ qián ] to give change |
| ⇒ 折錢 | [ shé qián ] a loss, to lose money |
| ⇒ 掏錢 | [ taō qián ] to pay, to spend money, to fork out |
| ⇒ 掙錢 | [ zhèng qián ] to make money |
| ⇒ 換錢 | [ huàn qián ] to change money, to sell |
| ⇒ 搖錢樹 | [ yaó qián shù ] a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken, a source of easy money (idiom) |
| ⇒ 搞錢 | [ gaǒ qián ] to get money, to accumulate money |
| ⇒ 搵錢 | [ wèn qián ] (dialect) to make money |
| ⇒ 摟錢 | [ loū qián ] (coll.) to grab money, to rake in money |
| ⇒ 撈錢 | [ laō qián ] lit. to dredge for money, to make money by reprehensible means, to fish for a quick buck |
| ⇒ 攤錢 | [ tān qián ] to bear part of the cost |
| ⇒ 散錢 | [ sǎn qián ] small sum of money, loose change, Cantonese equivalent of 零錢|零钱[ling2 qian2] |
| ⇒ 散錢 | [ sàn qián ] to scatter money, to give to charity |
| ⇒ 斂錢 | [ liǎn qián ] to collect money, to raise funds (for charity) |
| ⇒ 方孔錢 | [ fāng kǒng qián ] round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China |
| ⇒ 月錢 | [ yuè qián ] monthly payment |
| ⇒ 有本錢 | [ yoǔ běn qián ] to be in a position to (take on a challenge, etc) |
| ⇒ 有錢 | [ yoǔ qián ] well-off, wealthy |
| ⇒ 有錢人 | [ yoǔ qián rén ] rich person, the rich |
| ⇒ 有錢有勢 | [ yoǔ qián yoǔ shì ] rich and powerful (idiom) |
| ⇒ 有錢有閑 | [ yoǔ qián yoǔ xián ] to have money and time, to be part of the leisure class, the idle rich |
| ⇒ 有錢能使鬼推磨 | [ yoǔ qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò ] lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom), fig. with money, you can get anything done, money talks |
| ⇒ 本錢 | [ běn qián ] capital, (fig.) asset, advantage, the means (to do sth) |
| ⇒ 洋錢 | [ yáng qián ] foreign money, flat silver (former coinage), also written 銀元|银元 |
| ⇒ 洗錢 | [ xǐ qián ] to launder money |
| ⇒ 洗黑錢 | [ xǐ heī qián ] money laundering |
| ⇒ 浪費金錢 | [ làng feì jīn qián ] to squander money, to spend extravagantly |
| ⇒ 湊錢 | [ coù qián ] to raise enough money to do sth, to pool money, to club together (to do sth) |
| ⇒ 漲錢 | [ zhǎng qián ] inflation, salary raise |
| ⇒ 熱錢 | [ rè qián ] hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit |
| ⇒ 燒錢 | [ shaō qián ] to burn joss paper, (fig.) to flush money down the toilet |
| ⇒ 現錢 | [ xiàn qián ] cash |
| ⇒ 用錢 | [ yòng qian ] variant of 佣錢|佣钱[yong4 qian5] |
| ⇒ 省錢 | [ shěng qián ] to save money |
| ⇒ 砸錢 | [ zá qián ] to spend big (on sth), to pour a lot of money into sth |
| ⇒ 私房錢 | [ sī fáng qián ] secret purse, secret stash of money |
| ⇒ 租錢 | [ zū qian ] rent, same as 租金 |
| ⇒ 稱錢 | [ chèn qián ] (coll.) rich, well-heeled |
| ⇒ 籌錢 | [ choú qián ] to raise money |
| ⇒ 紙錢 | [ zhǐ qián ] ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead |
| ⇒ 缺錢 | [ quē qián ] shortage of money |
| ⇒ 罰錢 | [ fá qián ] to fine |
| ⇒ 耍錢 | [ shuǎ qián ] (coll.) to gamble |
| ⇒ 腳錢 | [ qián ] payment to a porter |
| ⇒ 臭錢 | [ choù qián ] dirty money |
| ⇒ 花錢 | [ huā qián ] to spend money |
| ⇒ 花錢受氣 | [ huā qián shoù qì ] (idiom) to have a bad experience as a customer, to encounter poor service |
| ⇒ 花錢找罪受 | [ huā qián zhaǒ zuì shoù ] to spend money on sth that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous |
| ⇒ 茶錢 | [ chá qián ] tip, gratuity, money for tea |
| ⇒ 血汗錢 | [ xuè hàn qián ] hard-earned money |
| ⇒ 要錢 | [ yaò qián ] to charge, to demand payment |
| ⇒ 見錢眼開 | [ jiàn qián yǎn kaī ] to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain, money-grubbing |
| ⇒ 買路錢 | [ maǐ lù qián ] money extorted as a right of passage, illegal toll, (old) paper money thrown along the way of a funeral procession |
| ⇒ 賞錢 | [ shǎng qian ] tip, gratuity, monetary reward, bonus |
| ⇒ 賠錢 | [ peí qián ] to lose money, to pay for damages |
| ⇒ 賭錢 | [ dǔ qián ] to gamble |
| ⇒ 賺大錢 | [ zhuàn dà qián ] to earn a fortune |
| ⇒ 賺錢 | [ zhuàn qián ] to earn money, moneymaking |
| ⇒ 趁錢 | [ chèn qián ] variant of 稱錢|称钱[chen4 qian2] |
| ⇒ 身體是革命的本錢 | [ shēn tǐ shì gé mìng de běn qián ] lit. the body is the revolution's capital, fig. good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying) |
| ⇒ 車錢 | [ chē qián ] fare, transport costs |
| ⇒ 退錢 | [ tuì qián ] to refund money |
| ⇒ 酒錢 | [ jiǔ qián ] tip |
| ⇒ 金錢 | [ jīn qián ] money, currency |
| ⇒ 金錢不能買來幸福 | [ jīn qián bù néng maǐ laí xìng fú ] money can't buy happiness |
| ⇒ 金錢掛帥 | [ jīn qián guà ] caring only about money and wealth |
| ⇒ 金錢萬能 | [ jīn qián wàn néng ] money is omnipotent (idiom), with money, you can do anything, money talks |
| ⇒ 金錢豹 | [ jīn qián baò ] leopard |
| ⇒ 金錢非萬能 | [ jīn qián feī wàn néng ] money is not omnipotent, money isn't everything, money can't buy you love |
| ⇒ 銀錢 | [ yín qián ] silver money (in former times) |
| ⇒ 銅錢 | [ tóng qián ] copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) |
| ⇒ 錢不是萬能的，沒錢是萬萬不能的 | [ qián bù shì wàn néng de meí qián shì wàn wàn bù néng de ] money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom) |
| ⇒ 零用錢 | [ líng yòng qián ] pocket money, allowance, spending money |
| ⇒ 零花錢 | [ líng huā qián ] pocket money, allowance |
| ⇒ 零錢 | [ líng qián ] change (of money), small change, pocket money |
| ⇒ 餘錢 | [ yú qián ] surplus money |
| ⇒ 香火錢 | [ xiāng huǒ qián ] donations to a temple |
| ⇒ 體己錢 | [ tī ji qián ] private saved money of close family members |
| ⇒ 黑錢 | [ heī qián ] dirty money |