Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 - 压岁钱money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

压岁钱

 

Pinyin: yā suì qián

Meaning: money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

Sentence: Children often get a lot of lucky money on chinese new year's eve.孩子常在除夕夜拿到很多压岁钱.

 

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压： 

 

Pinyin: yā
Meaning: press
Radical: 厂
Stokes: 6
Traditional:壓
Common words/Phrase:
压秤   [yā chèng]      【be relatively heavy】 

压船  [yā chuán]      【delay unloading a ship】 

压倒   [yā dǎo]        【overcome;overwhelm;over power】

压顶   [yā dǐng]       【the sky was covered with dark clouds】

压队   [yā duì]        【bring up the rear and supervise】

 

岁： 

 

Pinyin: suì
Meaning: year
Radical:  山
Stokes: 6
Traditional: 歲
Common words/Phrase:
岁月   [suì yuè]         【days】 

岁数   [suìshù]          【age】

 

钱： 

 

Pinyin: qián
Meaning: money
Radical:  钅
Stokes: 10
Traditional: 錢
Common words/Phrase:
钱包    [qián bāo]      【wallet;purse】 

钱币    [qián bì]       【coin】

钱帛   [qián bó]       【betrothal presents from the bridgroom's to the bride's family】

钱财   [qián cái]      【money】

钱袋    [qián dài]      【money bag;bag】