赚 (zhuàn): to earn, to make a profit, to cheat
赚 (zhuàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to earn.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 贝 (semantic) and 兼 (phonetic). It ranks #2134 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 赚 money. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, expensive), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- to earn
- to make a profit
- to cheat
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赚钱verb | zhuàn qián | to earn money |
| 赚取verb | zhuàn qǔ | to make a profit |
| 赚头noun | zhuàn tou | profit (colloquial) |
| 赚回来 | zhuàn huí lai | to earn back (money one invested, wasted etc) |
| 赚大钱 | zhuàn dà qián | to earn a fortune |
| 赚得 | zhuàn dé | to earn |
| 网赚verb | wǎng zhuàn | to make money online |
| 赚吆喝 | zhuàn yāo he | (of a company) to gain recognition through promotional efforts |
| 赚哄 | zhuàn hǒng | to cheat |
赚 appears in 9 compound words: 89 as the first character, 11 as the last, and 0 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 赚 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
老师教我们赚字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men zhuàn zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "赚."
...陷低迷见红 靠“呢个玩法”逆市保平安兼稳赚
. . . xiàn dī mí jiàn hóng kào ne gè wán fǎ nì shì bǎo píng ān jiān wěn zhuàn
... Trapped in a downturn and seen red, rely on "this way of playing" to go against the market to keep safe and make steady profits
日本猕猴Panchi让人心疼 IKEA赚到广告 16元玩偶全球卖翻
rì běn 猕 hóu P a n c h i ràng rén xīn téng I K E A zhuàn dào guǎng gào 1 6 yuán wán ǒu quán qiú mài fān
Japanese macaque Panchi is distressing, IKEA earns advertising, 16 yuan dolls are sold around the world
0050赚10万想转高股息⋯她想改买0056、00...
0 0 5 0 zhuàn 1 0 wàn xiǎng zhuǎn gāo gǔ xī tā xiǎng gǎi mǎi 0 0 5 6 , 0 0 . . .
0050 earns 100,000 yuan and wants to turn into higher dividends⋯ She wants to buy 0056, 00 instead...
...IERRA SEA 原业主持货不足1年即赚“1球”|入伙盘成交
. . . I E R R A S E A yuán yè zhǔ chí huò bù zú 1 nián jí zhuàn 1 qiú rù huǒ pán chéng jiāo
... IERRA SEA The original owner of the goods earned "1 ball" in less than 1 year|Transaction of the partnership
订单爆了!90后男生春节可赚16万元
dìng dān bào le ! 9 0 hòu nán shēng chūn jié kě zhuàn 1 6 wàn yuán
The order is exploding! Post-90s boys can earn 160,000 yuan during the Spring Festival
我一天赚一百欧元。
Wǒ yī tiān zhuàn yī bǎi ōuyuán.
I make €100 a day.
他能赚多少就赚多少。
Tā néng zhuàn duōshao jiù zhuàn duōshao.
He earned as much money as possible.
他赚的薪水是我的两倍。
Tā zhuàn de xīnshuǐ shì wǒ de liǎngbèi.
He earns twice as much as me.
保罗去年赚了很多钱。
Bǎoluó qùnián zhuàn le hěn duō qián.
Paul made a lot of money last year.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 贝 (money) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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