"Coins" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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币 bì money / coins / currency / silk
摇钱树 yáo qián shù legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money
文 wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 / "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
缗 mín cord / fishing-line / string of coins
镪 qiǎng money / string of coins
纙 luò string on which coins are strung
卜课 bǔ kè to divine by tossing coins
投币 tóu bì coin-operated / to insert coins
钱串子 qián chuàn zi string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede
孔方兄 kǒng fāng xiōng (coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle)
爆金币 bào jīn bì (gaming) (of a monster etc) to drop gold coins when defeated / (fig.) (slang) to give or spend money
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