Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 - 纸钱 Money for the dead

纸钱 

Pinyin: zhǐ qián 
Meaning：Paper made to resemble money and burned as an offering to the dead
Sentence：其他的习俗还包括了焚香、祈祷及焚烧纸钱。Other customs include burning incense, offering prayers and burning symbolic paper.

 

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纸： 

Pinyin: zhǐ 
Meaning: Paper 
Radical: 纟
Stokes: 7
Traditional: 紙
Common words/Phrase: 
纸牌 [zhǐ pái] 【playing card】
纸浆 [zhǐ jiāng] 【paper pulp; pulp】
纸币 [zhǐ bì] 【paper currency; bank note】
纸盒 [zhǐ hé] 【carton】

 

钱： 

Pinyin: qián 
Meaning: Money
Radical: 钅
Stokes: 10
Traditional: 錢
Common words/Phrase:
钱包 qián bāo] 【purse】 
钱柜 qián guì] 【money locker】
钱币 qián bì] 【coin】
钱财 qián cái] 【lucre
钱庄 qián zhuāng]【native bank