零钱 meaning in English

língqián

change (of money); small change

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 零錢23 strokes

Meaning of 零钱

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

língqián
  1. change (of money)
  2. small change
  3. pocket money

零钱 in example sentences

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

对duì不bù起qǐ, 我wǒ没méi有yǒu零líng钱qián。
I'm sorry, I don't have change.
不bù好hǎo意yì思sī,我wǒ没méi零líng钱qián。
Sorry, I don't have any change.
你nǐ找zhǎo错cuò了le零líng钱qián给gěi我wǒ。
You gave me the wrong change.
你nǐ为wèi什shén么me需xū要yào零líng钱qián?
Why do you need change?
你nǐ身shēn上shàng有yǒu零líng钱qián吗ma?
Do you have small change with you?

Stroke order for each character

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

零 líng · zero · 13 strokes

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钱 qián · coin · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 零钱.

钱包qiánbāopurse; wallet
零下líng xiàbelow zero (esp. temperature)
价钱jiàqiánprice
零食língshísnack; nibbles
挣钱zhèngqiánto make money
赚钱zhuànqiánto earn money; moneymaking
金钱jīnqiánmoney; currency
省钱shěngqiánto save money
值钱zhíqiánvaluable; costly
零件língjiànpart; component
钱财qiáncáiwealth; money
赔钱péiqiánto lose money; to suffer a financial loss; to pay for damages

Questions about 零钱

What does 零钱 mean?

零钱 (língqián) means "change (of money); small change" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 零钱?

零钱 is made of 2 characters: 零 (13 strokes), 钱 (10 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 零钱 an HSK word?

Yes. 零钱 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 零钱 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 零钱 is written 零錢.