缺钱 meaning in English

quēqián

shortage of money

Traditional 缺錢20 strokes

Meaning of 缺钱

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

quēqián
  1. shortage of money

缺钱 in example sentences

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

父fù亲qīn缺quē钱qián,所suǒ以yǐ他tā必bì须xū去qù借jiè点diǎn钱qián。
Father ran short of money and had to borrow some.
可kě以yǐ借jiè点diǎn钱qián给gěi我wǒ吗ma?我wǒ现xiàn在zài有yǒu点diǎn缺quē钱qián。
Could you lend me some money? I'm short of cash at the moment.
他tā一yì直zhí都dōu缺quē钱qián。
He's always short of money.
我wǒ们men缺quē钱qián了le。
We ran short of money.
他tā总zǒng是shì缺quē钱qián。
He's always running short of cash.

Stroke order for each character

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缺 quē · deficiency · 10 strokes

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钱 qián · coin · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 缺钱.

钱包qiánbāopurse; wallet
价钱jiàqiánprice
缺少quēshǎolack; shortage of
缺点quēdiǎnweak point; fault
缺乏quēfáto lack; to be short of
挣钱zhèngqiánto make money
赚钱zhuànqiánto earn money; moneymaking
金钱jīnqiánmoney; currency
缺陷quēxiàndefect; flaw
省钱shěngqiánto save money
值钱zhíqiánvaluable; costly
零钱língqiánchange (of money); small change

Questions about 缺钱

What does 缺钱 mean?

缺钱 (quēqián) means "shortage of money".

How do you write 缺钱?

缺钱 is made of 2 characters: 缺 (10 strokes), 钱 (10 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 缺钱 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 缺钱 is written 缺錢.