Meaning of 赚
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to earn
- to make a profit
- to cheat
- to swindle
How to use 赚
赚 (zhuàn) means to earn or make money, and it is very common in everyday speech, especially in 赚钱 (zhuànqián). You can also put the amount after it. Example: 他一个月赚一万块。(Tā yí ge yuè zhuàn yí wàn kuài.) He earns ten thousand yuan a month.
赚 has 贝 (bèi, shell) on the left, an old symbol of money, and 兼 (jiān, to hold two things at once) on the right. Picture someone holding two handfuls of shells: that is making a profit.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write the right side as 廉 or mix 赚 up with 嫌 (xián, to dislike) and 谦 (qiān, modest), which share the same 兼 part. Remember that only the money word uses 贝 on the left.
赚 in example sentences
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赚 zhuàn · to earn · 14 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 赚.
Questions about 赚
What does 赚 mean?
赚 (zhuàn) means "to earn; to make a profit" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 赚?
赚 is made of 1 character: 赚 (14 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 赚 an HSK word?
Yes. 赚 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 赚 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 赚 is written 賺.
What is the difference between 赚 and 挣?
Both mean to earn money, and 赚钱 and 挣钱 (zhèngqián) are often interchangeable. 挣 stresses earning through hard work, such as wages, while 赚 leans toward making a profit, as in business or investing.
When is 赚 pronounced zuàn?
The zuàn reading means to cheat or swindle someone. It is rare in modern Mandarin and mostly appears in older texts or some regional speech, so in daily life you will almost always say zhuàn.