| 分钱 | fēn qián | cent / penny |  |
| 子儿 | zǐ r | (coll.) penny / buck | |
| 便士 | biàn shì | (loanword) pence / penny | |
| 辨士 | biàn shì | (loanword) pence / penny | |
| 本士 | běn shì | (loanword) pence / penny | |
| 一分钱 | yī fēn qián | cent / penny | |
| 分文 | fēn wén | a single penny / a single cent | |
| 功亏一篑 | gōng kuī yī kuì | lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) |  |
| 一钱不值 | yī qián bù zhí | not worth a penny / utterly worthless | |
| 不名一文 | bù míng yī wén | without a penny to one's name / penniless / stony-broke | |
| 涓滴归公 | juān dī guī gōng | every drop returns to the public good (idiom) / not one penny is misused | |
| 一介不取 | yī jiè bù qǔ | to not even take a penny (as a bribe) | |
| 一不做，二不休 | yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū | lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound | |
| 仙股 | xiān gǔ | penny stocks | |
| 贪小失大 | tān xiǎo shī dà | penny wise and pound foolish (idiom) | |
