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钱 **qián** 名词 **1.** Currency. **2.** Expenses. **3.** Property. **4.** Round objects that resemble coins. **5.** A Chinese market weight unit, one-tenth of a liang (两). **6.** A surname. **1.** Currency: copper coins, gold coins, silver coins, banknotes, currency, cash, grain money. **2.** Expenses: transportation costs, costs of buying books. **3.** Property: having wealth and power. **4.** Round objects that resemble coins: elm money, lotus seeds. **5.** A Chinese market weight unit, one-tenth of a liang (两). **6.** A surname. 钱 **qián** 名词 **Original Meaning:** Refers to a farming tool, specifically an iron shovel. In ancient times, farming tools were used as a medium for trade, and later, coins were minted in their shape, thus extending the meaning to currency and wealth. **Character Formation:** Pictophonetic; comprises metal (金) and the sound component (戔). **1.** Metal currency; specifically refers to copper coins. **2.** General term for wealth or currency. **3.** Objects resembling copper coins. **4.** Paper money. **Measurement Term** **1.** Weight term (mace). **2.** A unit in the metric system; one-tenth of a kilogram is a gong liang (公两), and one-tenth of a gong liang is a gong qian (公钱). **3.** Market weight unit; originally one-sixteenth of a jin (斤) in Chinese market measurement (now one-tenth). **4.** Old construction unit system; one-tenth of a liang (两) is a qian. 钱 **qián** 名词 **Original Meaning:** Refers to a farming tool, specifically an iron shovel. In ancient times, farming tools were used as a medium for trade, and later, coins were minted in their shape, thus extending the meaning to currency and wealth. **Character Formation:** Pictophonetic; comprises metal (金) and the sound component (戔). **1.** Metal currency; specifically refers to copper coins. **Quotation:** "In ancient times, shells were used as currency and treasures." (from Shuowen Jiezi, annotated). **2.** In ancient texts, they refer to gold and other commodities. **3.** References in historical texts indicate that coins were named for their flow like springs. **2.** General term for wealth or currency. **Example:** Money lenders, officials managing money and grain affairs. **3.** Objects resembling copper coins. **Example:** Descriptions of moss in empty houses or references in literature to copper-like items. **4.** Paper money. **Example:** Stacks of paper money. 钱 **qián** 量词 **1.** A weight term, specifically a mace. **2.** A metric weight unit; one-tenth of a kilogram is a gong liang (公两), and one-tenth of a gong liang is a gong qian (公钱). **3.** A Chinese market weight unit; originally one-sixteenth of a jin (斤) and now one-tenth. **4.** Old construction unit; one-tenth of a liang (两) is referred to as qian.