赚钱 meaning in English

zhuànqián

to earn money; moneymaking

HSK 6Traditional 賺錢24 strokes

Meaning of 赚钱

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhuànqián

to earn money
moneymaking

How to use 赚钱

赚钱 is a verb-object phrase meaning to earn or make money, and it can also describe something as profitable. You can split it to add details, as in 赚了很多钱. Example: 他开公司很赚钱。(Tā kāi gōngsī hěn zhuànqián.) He makes a lot of money running his company.

Both characters carry money radicals: 赚 (zhuàn) has 贝, the shell that once stood for money, and 钱 (qián) has 钅, metal for coins. Picture shells and coins piling up as you earn them.

Common mistake: Learners often write 赚 with the wrong tone, saying zhuān or zuàn instead of fourth-tone zhuàn with the zh sound. Some also confuse 赚 with 嫌 (xián, to dislike), which shares the right side 兼 but uses 女 instead of 贝.

赚钱 in example sentences

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

萨sà米mǐ赚zhuàn钱qián没méi那nà么me多duō。

Sami doesn't make that much money.

必bì须xū要yào赚zhuàn钱qián才cái能néng买mǎi一yī台tái个gè人rén计jì算suàn机jī。

I have to make money to buy a personal computer.

政zhèng客kè都dōu很hěn会huì赚zhuàn钱qián。

Politicians are good at raising money.

汤tāng姆mǔ只zhǐ想xiǎng着zhe赚zhuàn钱qián。

Tom only thinks about making money.

我wǒ赚zhuàn钱qián养yǎng家jiā。

I sustain my family.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

赚 zhuàn · to earn · 14 strokes

钱 qián · coin · 10 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 赚钱.

钱包	qiánbāo	purse; wallet
价钱	jiàqián	price
挣钱	zhèngqián	to make money
金钱	jīnqián	money; currency
省钱	shěngqián	to save money
值钱	zhíqián	valuable; costly
零钱	língqián	change (of money); small change
钱财	qiáncái	wealth; money
赔钱	péiqián	to lose money; to suffer a financial loss; to pay for damages
掏钱	tāo qián	to pay; to spend money
本钱	běnqián	capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)
零花钱	línghuāqián	pocket money; allowance

Questions about 赚钱

What does 赚钱 mean?

赚钱 (zhuànqián) means "to earn money; moneymaking".

How do you write 赚钱?

赚钱 is made of 2 characters: 赚 (14 strokes), 钱 (10 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 赚钱 an HSK word?

Yes. 赚钱 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 赚钱 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 赚钱 is written 賺錢.

What is the difference between 赚钱 and 挣钱?

Both mean to make money. 挣钱 (zhèngqián) often suggests earning through work or effort, like a salary. 赚钱 is broader and often implies profit, such as from business or investment.

How do I say how much money someone earned with 赚?

Put the amount between the two parts or after 赚: 我赚了一千块。(Wǒ zhuàn le yìqiān kuài.) I earned a thousand yuan. You do not need 钱 when the amount is stated.