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钱 (錢) qián

qián noun money; currency
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián n 1; Kroll 2015 '錢' 1a, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '錢', p. 127; Unihan '錢')
qián measure word unit of weight equal to 5 grams
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This unit is used in the Chinese Market System of Weights and Measures (Guoyu '錢' qián n 5; Kroll 2015 '錢' 2, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '錢', pp. 127-128)
qián noun a coin; a copper coin
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 钱 is a 金属货币 metallic coin (Guoyu '錢' n 4; Kroll 2015 '錢' 1, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '錢', p. 127; Unihan '錢')
qián noun a copper item
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 钱 is synonymous with 铜钱.
qián noun wealth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián n 2; Kroll 2015 '錢' 1a, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '錢', p. 127)
qián suffix cost; expenditure; expense
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 饭钱 'meal expense', 车钱 'transportation expense' (Guoyu '錢' qián n 3)
qián proper noun Qian
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián n 6)
qián adjective holding money
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '錢' qián adj)
jiǎn noun a spade
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '錢' jiǎn n; Kroll 2015 '錢' jiǎn, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '錢', pp. 127-128)
qián noun money; kārṣāpaṇa
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kārṣāpaṇa, Japanese: sen, Tibetan: kar sha pa na (BCSD '錢', p. 1191; Mahāvyutpatti 'kārṣāpaṇam'; MW 'kārṣāpaṇa'; Unihan '錢')

Contained in

再来不直半文钱(再來不直半文錢) a second attempt is not worth half a copper coin
钱，用了才是自己的(錢，用了才是自己的) Only wealth well spent is really yours to keep

Also contained in

钱起、钱弘俶、钱谷、花钱、印子钱、罚钱、付钱、借钱、钱票、钱夹、花钱找罪受、存钱罐、刀钱、香火钱、钱店、零花钱、钱能通神、钱塘江、脚钱、臭钱、钱铺、捞钱、有本钱、守钱奴、份子钱、车钱、余钱、大钱、钱串子、省钱、涨钱、出钱、钱包、体己钱、换钱、折钱、漕钱、价钱、除陌钱、乱花钱、钱荒、本钱、钞钱、饭钱、热钱、有钱、用钱、找钱、零用钱

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 1 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 119 , has English translation
Scroll 2 Fajie Tu Ji Cong Sui Lu 法界圖記叢髓錄 — count: 85
Scroll 55 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 75 , has English translation
Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 62
Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 61
Scroll 8 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 50 , has English translation
Scroll 1 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 44
Scroll 52 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 41
Scroll 28 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 37 , has English translation
Scroll 54 Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經 — count: 31

Collocations

一钱 (一錢) 乃至一錢亦為主所縛 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 31
钱宝 (錢寶) 華香錢寶 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 20
百钱 (百錢) 猶如有人雖負百錢 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 11
五百钱 (五百錢) 雇華五百錢 — Yi Chu Pusa Benqi Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇa) 異出菩薩本起經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
雨钱 (雨錢) 令天為我雨錢金銀七日七夜 — Sutra on King Māndhātṛ (Wentuojie Wang Jing) 文陀竭王經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
钱金银 (錢金銀) 令天為我雨錢金銀七日七夜 — Sutra on King Māndhātṛ (Wentuojie Wang Jing) 文陀竭王經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
等钱 (等錢) 法不應捉金等錢寶 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 7
两钱 (兩錢) 二日兩錢 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 41 — count: 5
千金钱 (千金錢) 當賜汝馬及千金錢 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 5
财钱 (財錢) 或病或死皆坐財錢 — Shimonan Ben Si Zi Jing 釋摩男本四子經, Scroll 1 — count: 5