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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
掙錢
- to earn money
全家就只剩下父親一個人掙錢了。 [MSC, trad.]
全家就只剩下父亲一个人挣钱了。 [MSC, simp.]- Quánjiā jiù zhǐ shèngxià fùqīn yīge rén zhèngqián le.
- The father is the only one left in the family to earn money.
Synonyms
- 賺錢／赚钱 (zhuànqián)
- (Cantonese) 搵錢／揾钱
- (obsolete or Min, dialectal Wu) 趁錢／趁钱 (chènqián)
Adjective
掙錢
- (colloquial) profitable
References
- “Entry #117810”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.