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  *钱* | 钱* | *钱
coin / money / CL: 筆|笔 / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两
HSK 1
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  *投* | 投* | *投
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
HSK 4
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  *洋* | 洋* | *洋
ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin
HSK 6
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  *泉* | 泉* | *泉
spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic)
HSK 5
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  *文* | 文* | *文
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
HSK 7-9
sorry to interrupt you, but ... / sorry to have bothered you / sorry, I have to go / (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable
newly minted coin; freshly printed banknote / fresh capital; new investment funds / (coll.) new money; recently acquired wealth; (by metonymy) the nouveau riche
(fig.) two sides of the same coin
(term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
commemorative coin
large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination
coin / CL:
HSK 7-9
(neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福) satisfied with one's sex life
to throw sth a long distance / to hurl / to throw at / to throw (dice etc) / to flip (a coin)
coin-operated / to insert coins
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镘* | 镘* | *镘
side of coin without words / trowel
baggage locker / coin locker
two-way / reversible / both sides of the coin
big head / mask in the shape of a big head / the larger end of sth / the main part / the lion's share / dupe / sucker / (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 on the obverse side
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坯* | 坯* | *坯
blank (e.g. for a coin) / unburnt earthenware / semifinished product / Taiwan pr. [pei1]
copper coin of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枚* | 枚* | *枚
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
HSK 7-9
money (esp. coins)
coin slot
(slang, coined c. 2017, contrasted with 佛系) Dao-type, a type of person who has traits associated with a Daoist approach to life, such as being active, optimistic, earthy and forthright
small coin / dime
legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money
one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *䶮* | 䶮* | *䶮
(rare) character coined for use in the name of Liu Yan 劉龑|刘䶮 (889–942), founding emperor of Southern Han
(loanword) tolar, currency of Slovenia 1991-2007 / tolar, silver coin that served as the main currency of Bohemia 1520-1750
copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin
scary to think about (coll.) (coined c. 2013)
coin-operated / to insert a coin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *币* | 币* | *币
money / coins / currency / silk
round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China
(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
silver coin
old coin
to divine by tossing coins
one cent (United States coin)
silver coin from the early days of the Republic of China (1912-1949) bearing the head of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯
blank (for a coin etc) / breed or strain
coin blank
copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)
coin (archaic)
piggy bank / coin bank / money box
lesbian-like (i.e. exhibiting lesbian traits) (coined c. 2018)
fractional currency (coin or note of value smaller than the country's unit of currency) / token (used instead of money for slot machines etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纙* | 纙* | *纙
string on which coins are strung
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缗* | 缗* | *缗
cord / fishing-line / string of coins
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钿* | 钿* | *钿
(dialect) coin; money
string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镚* | 镚* | *镚
small coin / dime
(gaming) (of a monster etc) to drop gold coins when defeated / (fig.) (slang) to give or spend money
coin / to mint (coins)
marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either)
écu (French coin, discontinued by the end of the 18th century)
gold coin
to coin (words or expressions)
coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝, with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)
to emboss / coining / knurling
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镪* | 镪* | *镪
money / string of coins
a ranking of items in a particular category, with the most highly regarded on top (neologism c. 2012, coined by analogy with 食物鏈|食物链, food chain)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *襁* | 襁* | *襁
string of copper coins / variant of


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