钱 (qián) means Money. Below are 24 of the 34 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这件衣服多少 钱 ？
Zhè jiàn yīfu duōshao qián?
How much is this piece of clothing?
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 钱
From the graded readers
我给他 钱 ，他不要。
wǒ gěi tā qián, tā bùyào.
I offered him money; he wouldn't take it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
买完以后，我去付 钱 。
mǎi wán yǐhòu, wǒ qù fù qián.
After I'd got everything I went to pay.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
茶是不要 钱 的。我很高兴。
chá shì bùyào qián de / dì. wǒ hěn gāoxìng.
The tea was free. I was very happy.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant
我问：“这件衣服多少 钱 ？”
wǒ wèn:" zhèijiàn yīfu duōshao qián?"
I asked, "How much is this?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我只好坐出租车，花了五十块 钱 。
wǒ zhǐhǎo zuò chūzūchē, huāle wǔshí kuài qián.
I had to take a taxi, which cost fifty yuan.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
等着付 钱 的人非常多，我排了二十分钟的队。
děngzhe fù qián de / dì rén fēicháng duō, wǒ pái le / liǎo / liào èrshí fēnzhōng de / dì duì.
There were a lot of people waiting; I queued for twenty minutes.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
爸爸问：“多少 钱 ？”服务员说：“八十块。”
bàba wèn:" duōshao qián?" fúwùyuán shuō:" bāshí kuài."
Dad asked, "How much is it?" The waiter said, "Eighty yuan."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant
From the travel phrasebook
大概多少 钱 ？
Dàgài duōshao qián?
Roughly how much will it be?
Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing
From the grammar library
钱 appears in 34 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 钱
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 钱
How is 钱 used in a sentence?
This page shows 34 sentences using 钱 (qián, "Money"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 钱 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 钱 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 钱 an HSK word?
Yes — 钱 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 钱?
The dictionary page for 钱 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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