"Coin" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 qián coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
 yìng bì coin / CL:枚[mei2]
 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin
 zhù bì coin / to mint (coins)
 quán spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic)
 tián (dialect) coin / money
 shēng zào to coin (words or expressions)
 quán bì coin (archaic)
 jīn bì gold coin
 yín bì silver coin
 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)
 dà qián large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination
 gǔ bì old coin
 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
 cún qián guàn piggy bank / coin bank / money box
 yáng ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin
 bèng small coin / dime
 màn side of coin without words / trowel
 jiǎo zi one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
 āi jū écu (French coin, discontinued by the end of the 18th century)
 pī jiàn blank (for a coin etc) / breed or strain
 tóu bì kǒu coin slot
 tóu yìng bì coin-operated / to insert a coin
 zhèng fǎn liǎng miàn two-way / reversible / both sides of the coin
 yìng bì pī coin blank
 Yuán tóu silver coin from the early days of the Republic of China (1912-1949) bearing the head of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3]
 gāng bèng small coin / dime
 fāng kǒng qián round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China
 fù rǔ shí nián yìng bì fāng àn Decade Coin Programme
 yī tǐ liǎng miàn (fig.) two sides of the same coin
 zhì qián copper coin of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
 jì wù guì baggage locker / coin locker
 tuō lā ěr (loanword) tolar, currency of Slovenia 1991-2007 / tolar, silver coin that served as the main currency of Bohemia 1520-1750
 sì chū wén qián coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[Han4 Ling2 Di4], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)
 dà tóu big head / mask in the shape of a big head / the larger end of sth / the main part / the lion's share / dupe / sucker / (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] on the obverse side
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