钞 (chāo): banknote
钞 (chāo) is a Chinese character meaning “banknote.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 钅 (semantic) and 少 (phonetic). It ranks #2523 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 钞 money. Its radical form 钅 (metal) appears in many related characters such as 钱 (qián, money), 错 (cuò, wrong, mistake), 钟 (zhōng, clock, bell).
Definitions
- banknote
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 钞票 | chāo piào | paper money |
| 运钞车 | yùn chāo chē | armored car (for transporting valuables) |
| 假钞 | jiǎ chāo | counterfeit money |
| 伪钞 | wěi chāo | counterfeit currency |
| 美钞 | měi chāo | US dollar bill |
| 验钞机 | yàn chāo jī | a device used to check money and detect counterfeit bills |
| 钞能力 | chāo néng lì | (coll.) wealth |
| 印钞机 | yìn chāo jī | money printer |
| 验钞器 | yàn chāo qì | money counter and counterfeit detection machine |
| 纪念钞 | jì niàn chāo | commemorative banknote |
| 钱钞 | qián chāo | money |
| 破钞 | pò chāo | to spend money |
| 纸钞 | zhǐ chāo | banknote |
| 冥钞 | míng chāo | false paper money burned as an offering to the dead |
钞 appears in 14 compound words: 14 as the first character, 57 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 钞 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
现在很少人用钞票了，大多数人都用手机支付。
Xiànzài hěn shǎo rén yòng chāopiào le, dàduōshù rén dōu yòng shǒujī zhīfù.
Few people use banknotes now; most people use mobile payments.
...朗面包10万一块 急发1000万元面额新钞
. . . lǎng miàn bāo 1 0 wàn yī kuài jí fā 1 0 0 0 wàn yuán miàn é xīn chāo
...Lang Bread sells for 100,000 yuan a loaf; 10 million yuan in new banknotes to be issued urgently
...出恶性通膨!伊朗发行面额“1000万”新钞 换算只值7美元
. . . chū è xìng tōng péng ! yī lǎng fā háng miàn é 1 0 0 0 wàn xīn chāo huàn suàn zhī zhí 7 měi yuán
...Hyperinflation! Iran Issues New "10 Million" Banknote Worth Only $7
C-130载新钞坠! 玻利维亚空难15死 目击者忙捡钱遭...
C 1 3 0 zài xīn chāo zhuì ! bō lì wéi yà kōng nán 1 5 sǐ mù jī zhě máng jiǎn qián zāo . . .
C-130 loaded with new banknotes! 15 people died in a Bolivia air crash, and witnesses were busy picking up money...
玻利维亚运钞军机坠毁15死多人伤 民众拾钱遭驱散|有...
bō lì wéi yà yùn chāo jūn jī zhuì huǐ 1 5 sǐ duō rén shāng mín zhòng shè qián zāo qū sàn yǒu . . .
Bolivia's banknote transport military plane crashed, killing 15 people and injuring many people.
影/玻利维亚运新钞军机坠毁至少15死 镇暴警察出动阻止民众...
yǐng bō lì wéi yà yùn xīn chāo jūn jī zhuì huǐ zhì shǎo 1 5 sǐ zhèn bào jǐng chá chū dòng zǔ zhǐ mín zhòng . . .
Shadow/Bolivia's military plane crashed with at least 15 people, riot police dispatched to stop people...
我经常用信用卡，而不是钞票。
Wǒ jīngcháng yòng xìnyòngkǎ, ér bù shì chāopiào.
I usually use a credit card instead of cash.
这张钞票是假造的。
Zhè zhāng chāopiào shì jiǎzào de.
This is a forged banknote.
这个小婴孩撕掉了一张十美元的钞票。
Zhège xiǎo yīnghái sīdiào le yī zhāng shí Měiyuán de chāopiào.
The baby tore up a ten-dollar bill.
Character Family
钅 Radical Family — Characters sharing the metal radical
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