Usage of the character 錢

old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949)
(in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal

dǎqián

打钱

[打錢]

to collect money from sb
to give money to sb

fēnqián

分钱

[分錢]

cent
penny

zhìqián

制钱

[制錢]

copper coin of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

zūqian

租钱

[租錢]

rent
same as 租金

chènqián

趁钱

[趁錢]

variant of 稱錢／称钱 (chènqián)

chòuqián

臭钱

[臭錢]

dirty money

tuìqián

退钱

[退錢]

to refund money

yòngqian

佣钱

[佣錢]

commission
brokerage

shěngqián

省钱

[省錢]

to save money

língqián

零钱

[零錢]

change (of money)
small change
pocket money

gōngqián

工钱

[工錢]

salary
wages

huànqián

换钱

[換錢]

to change money
to sell

Qián Qǐ

钱起

[錢起]

Qian Qi (c. 710-780), Tang Dynasty poet

fèngqián

俸钱

[俸錢]

salary

lìqián

力钱

[力錢]

payment to a porter

qiánbì

钱币

[錢幣]

money (esp. coins)

lāoqián

捞钱

[撈錢]

lit. to dredge for money
to make money by reprehensible means
to fish for a quick buck

zhíqián

值钱

[值錢]

valuable
costly
expensive

wènqián

揾钱

[搵錢]

(dialect) to make money

yǒuqián

有钱

[有錢]

well-off
wealthy

zhǎngqián

涨钱

[漲錢]

inflation
salary raise

běnqián

本钱

[本錢]

capital
(fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)

zhǎoqián

找钱

[找錢]

to give change

silver money (in former times)

Qiántáng

钱塘

[錢塘]

Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州 ( Hángzhōu) in Zhejiang Province 浙江省 ( Zhèjiāng Shěng)

jiàqian

价钱

[價錢]

price

shèngqián

剩钱

[剩錢]

to have money left
remaining money

rèqián

热钱

[熱錢]

hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit

gōngqián

公钱

[公錢]

decagram

yúqián

余钱

[餘錢]

surplus money

shuǎqián

耍钱

[耍錢]

(coll.) to gamble

còuqián

凑钱

[湊錢]

to raise enough money to do sth
to pool money
to club together (to do sth)

dìqián

地钱

[地錢]

liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha)

dǔqián

赌钱

[賭錢]

to gamble

diànqián

店钱

[店錢]

room charge in a hotel
accommodation expenses

shéqián

折钱

[折錢]

a loss
to lose money

zhuànqián

赚钱

[賺錢]

to earn money
moneymaking

tāoqián

掏钱

[掏錢]

to pay
to spend money
to fork out

zhèngqián

挣钱

[掙錢]

to make money

shāoqián

烧钱

[燒錢]

to burn joss paper
(fig.) to flush money down the toilet

xǐqián

洗钱

[洗錢]

to launder money

qiándài

钱袋

[錢袋]

purse
wallet

dàqián

大钱

[大錢]

large sum of money
old Chinese type of coin of high denomination

fángqián

房钱

[房錢]

charges for a room
house rental

sànqián

散钱

[散錢]

to scatter money
to give to charity

quēqián

缺钱

[缺錢]

shortage of money

dìngqian

定钱

[定錢]

security deposit; earnest money (real estate); good-faith deposit

zhǐqián

纸钱

[紙錢]

ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead

péiqián

赔钱

[賠錢]

to lose money
to pay for damages

tóngqián

铜钱

[銅錢]

copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)

tānqián

摊钱

[攤錢]

to bear part of the cost

hēiqián

黑钱

[黑錢]

dirty money

fùqián

付钱

[付錢]

to pay money

fáqián

罚钱

[罰錢]

to fine

záqián

砸钱

[砸錢]

to spend big (on sth)
to pour a lot of money into sth

jīnqián

金钱

[金錢]

money
currency

yuèqián

月钱

[月錢]

monthly payment

yàoqián

要钱

[要錢]

to charge
to demand payment

xiǎoqián

小钱

[小錢]

a small amount of money

shǎngqian

赏钱

[賞錢]

tip
gratuity
monetary reward
bonus

yòngqian

用钱

[用錢]

variant of 佣錢／佣钱 (yòngqian)

míngqián

冥钱

[冥錢]

joss paper made to resemble paper money

jiāqián

加钱

[加錢]

to pay extra; to pay more

liǎnqián

敛钱

[斂錢]

to collect money
to raise funds (for charity)

cúnqián

存钱

[存錢]

to deposit money
to save money

qiánjiā

钱夹

[錢夾]

wallet
Taiwan pr. (qiánjiá)

chūqián

出钱

[出錢]

to pay

jiāoqián

交钱

[交錢]

to pay up
to shell out
to hand over the money to cover sth

qiánchuàn

钱串

[錢串]

string of cash

jiǎoqián

脚钱

[腳錢]

payment to a porter

xǐqian

喜钱

[喜錢]

tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)

Qiánpí

钱皮

[錢皮]

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), president of Italy 1999-2006

qiánliáng

钱粮

[錢糧]

land tax
money and grain (given as tax or tribute)

sǎnqián

散钱

[散錢]

small sum of money
loose change
Cantonese equivalent of 零錢／零钱 (língqián)

qiáncái

钱财

[錢財]

wealth
money

qiánchāo

钱钞

[錢鈔]

money

xiànqián

现钱

[現錢]

cash

gǎoqián

搞钱

[搞錢]

to get money
to accumulate money

qiánbāo

钱包

[錢包]

purse
wallet

quānqián

圈钱

[圈錢]

(coll.) (neologism c. 2006) to raise money then misappropriate it

língyòngqián

零用钱

[零用錢]

pocket money
allowance
spending money

xiānghuǒqián

香火钱

[香火錢]

donations to a temple

qiánchuànzi

钱串子

[錢串子]

string of copper coins (in ancient China)
(fig.) an overly money-oriented person
(zoology) centipede

sīfángqián

私房钱

[私房錢]

secret purse
secret stash of money

bùzhíqián

不值钱

[不值錢]

of little value

yìnziqián

印子钱

[印子錢]

usury
high interest loan (in former times)

Qiántángcháo

钱塘潮

[錢塘潮]

tidal bore of Qiantang river

cúnqiánguàn

存钱罐

[存錢罐]

piggy bank
coin bank
money box

Qián Sānqiáng

钱三强

[錢三強]

Qian Sanqiang

fāngkǒngqián

方孔钱

[方孔錢]

round coin with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China

mǎilùqián

买路钱

[買路錢]

money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage; illegal toll
(old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession

xǐhēiqián

洗黑钱

[洗黑錢]

money laundering

línghuāqián

零花钱

[零花錢]

pocket money
allowance

yǒuběnqián

有本钱

[有本錢]

to be in a position to (take on a challenge, etc)

Qián Xuésēn

钱学森

[錢學森]

Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer

jīnqiánbào

金钱豹

[金錢豹]

leopard

Qián Yǒngjiàn

钱永健

[錢永健]

Roger Yonchien Tsien (1952-), US Chinese chemist and 2008 Nobel laureate

tījiqián

体己钱

[體己錢]

private saved money of close family members

xuèhànqián

血汗钱

[血汗錢]

hard-earned money

qiánchuànr

钱串儿

[錢串兒]

erhua variant of 錢串／钱串 (qiánchuàn)

fènziqián

份子钱

[份子錢]

gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)

péiqiánhuò

赔钱货

[賠錢貨]

unprofitable goods; item that can only be sold at a loss
daughter (so called in former times because daughters required a dowry when they married)

Qián Qíchēn

钱其琛

[錢其琛]

Qian Qichen (1928-2017), former Chinese vice premier

liǎqiánr

俩钱儿

[倆錢兒]

erhua variant of 倆錢／俩钱 (liǎqián)

yāsuìqián

压岁钱

[壓歲錢]

money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve

zhuàndàqián

赚大钱

[賺大錢]

to earn a fortune

luànhuāqián

乱花钱

[亂花錢]

to spend money recklessly
to squander

yáoqiánshù

摇钱树

[搖錢樹]

a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken
a source of easy money (idiom)

yuānwangqián

冤枉钱

[冤枉錢]

wasted money
pointless expense

Qiántáng Jiāng

钱塘江

[錢塘江]

Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州 ( Hángzhōu) in Zhejiang Province 浙江省 ( Zhèjiāng Shěng)

yǒuqiánrén

有钱人

[有錢人]

rich person
the rich

Qián Zhōngshū

钱钟书

[錢鍾書]

Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城／围城 ( Wéichéng)

qiánnéngtōngshén

钱能通神

[錢能通神]

money is all-powerful
money can move God

yǒuqiányǒuxián

有钱有闲

[有錢有閑]

to have money and time
to be part of the leisure class
the idle rich

yǒuqiányǒushì

有钱有势

[有錢有勢]

rich and powerful (idiom)

dìxiàqiánzhuāng

地下钱庄

[地下錢莊]

underground bank
illegal private bank
loan shark

jiànqiányǎnkāi

见钱眼开

[見錢眼開]

to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain
money-grubbing

làngfèijīnqián

浪费金钱

[浪費金錢]

to squander money
to spend extravagantly

jīnqiánguàshuài

金钱挂帅

[金錢掛帥]

caring only about money and wealth

jīnqiánwànnéng

金钱万能

[金錢萬能]

money is omnipotent (idiom)
with money, you can do anything
money talks

yīqiánrúmìng

一钱如命

[一錢如命]

stingy; penny-pinching

sìchūwénqián

四出文钱

[四出文錢]

coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝／汉灵帝 ( Hàn Líng Dì), with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)

qiánkětōngshén

钱可通神

[錢可通神]