掏钱 meaning in English

tāo qián

to pay; to spend money

HSK 7-9Traditional 掏錢21 strokes

Meaning of 掏钱

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tāoqián
  1. to pay
  2. to spend money
  3. to fork out

掏钱 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ掏tāo钱qián结jié帐zhàng。
Tom took out his wallet and paid the bill.

Stroke order for each character

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掏 tāo · to fish out · 11 strokes

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钱 qián · coin · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 掏钱.

钱包qiánbāopurse; wallet
价钱jiàqiánprice
挣钱zhèngqiánto make money
赚钱zhuànqiánto earn money; moneymaking
金钱jīnqiánmoney; currency
省钱shěngqiánto save money
值钱zhíqiánvaluable; costly
零钱língqiánchange (of money); small change
钱财qiáncáiwealth; money
赔钱péiqiánto lose money; to suffer a financial loss; to pay for damages
本钱běnqiáncapital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)
零花钱línghuāqiánpocket money; allowance

Questions about 掏钱

What does 掏钱 mean?

掏钱 (tāo qián) means "to pay; to spend money".

How do you write 掏钱?

掏钱 is made of 2 characters: 掏 (11 strokes), 钱 (10 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 掏钱 an HSK word?

Yes. 掏钱 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 掏钱 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 掏钱 is written 掏錢.