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挣钱

zhèngqián

to make money

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to make money

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 挣钱 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 挣钱 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

挣钱是他的宗教。zhèng qián shì tā de zōng jiào。

Making money is his religion.

挣钱容易攒钱难。zhèng qián róng yì zǎn qián nán。

It is easier to get money than to keep it.

别老躺着啊,要是躺着能挣钱也行。bié lǎo tǎng zhe a, yào shì tǎng zhe néng zhèng qián yě xíng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 挣钱.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 挣钱.

Directly before

  • 能挣钱1

Directly after

  • 挣钱也1
  • 挣钱容易1
  • 挣钱是1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 挣钱

What does 挣钱 mean in Chinese?

挣钱 (zhèngqián) means to make money.

How do you pronounce 挣钱?

挣钱 is pronounced zhèngqián.

Is 挣钱 an HSK word?

挣钱 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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