钱
qián
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 錢
Money, both cash and wealth in general. 多少钱 asks 'how much is it?'; 有钱 is 'to have money' and so 'rich', 没钱 'to have no money'. In speech prices are counted in 块 (yuan): 十块钱 'ten yuan'.
Tiền, tiền bạc nói chung. 多少钱 là câu hỏi “bao nhiêu tiền?”; 有钱 là có tiền, giàu; 没钱 là không có tiền. Khi nói giá, khẩu ngữ dùng đơn vị 块 (tệ): 十块钱 (mười tệ).
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “tiền” (tien). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “钱” mean?
Money, both cash and wealth in general. 多少钱 asks 'how much is it?'; 有钱 is 'to have money' and so 'rich', 没钱 'to have no money'. In speech prices are counted in 块 (yuan): 十块钱 'ten yuan'.
Is “钱” formal or informal?
钱 is generally neutral.