Word on street
gift money
压岁钱
(yāsuìqián)
A: I want to go to the bank, will you come with me?
我要去下银行,你要一起去吗?
(wǒ yào qù xià yínháng, nǐ yào yīqǐ qù ma?)
B: For what?
做什么去?
(zuò shénme qù ?)
A: Help my brother to deposit his gift money in the bank. He received a lot this year.
帮我弟弟把压岁钱存起来,今年他收了很多压岁钱。
(bānɡ wǒ dìdì bǎ yāsuìqián cún qǐlái, jīnnián tā shōu le hěnduō yāsuìqián.)