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钞

chāo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 鈔

What 钞 means

1. money
2. paper money
3. variant of {抄|chāo}

Example sentences

• 这张钞票是假造的。
  This banknote is a forgery.
• 我经常用信用卡，而不是钞票。
  Wǒ jīngcháng yòng xìnyòngkǎ, ér bù shì chāopiào.
  I usually use a credit card instead of cash.
• 这个小婴孩撕掉了一张十美元的钞票。
  Zhège xiǎo yīnghái sīdiào le yī zhāng shí Měiyuán de chāopiào.
  This little baby tore up a 10 dollar bill.
• 钞能力不等于幸福，但可以暂时解决很多麻烦。
  Money won't make you merry, but it eases your misery.

Words starting with 钞

• 钞票chāo piàopaper money; a bill (e.g. 100 yuan)
• 钞能力chāo néng lì(colloquial) wealth; financial clout (pun on 超能力

Words containing 钞

• 假钞jiǎ chāocounterfeit money; forged note
• 伪钞wěi chāocounterfeit currency
• 冥钞míng chāofalse paper money burned as an offering to the dead
• 破钞pò chāoto spend money
• 纸钞zhǐ chāobanknote
• 美钞Měi chāoUS dollar bill; greenback
• 钱钞qián chāomoney
• 印钞机yìn chāo jīmoney printer
• 纪念钞jì niàn chāocommemorative banknote
• 运钞车yùn chāo chēarmored car (for transporting valuables)
• 验钞器yàn chāo qìmoney counter and counterfeit detection machine
• 验钞机yàn chāo jīa device used to check money and detect counterfeit bills

Characters built on 少

These share the phonetic component 少 (shǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 吵chǎoto quarrel; to make a noise; noisy
• 抄chāoto make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize
• 炒chǎoto sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up

Characters that look like 钞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
• 钾jiǎpotassium (chemistry)
• 铆mǎoto fasten with a rivet; to rivet; to hammer in a rivet…
• 钽tǎntantalum (chemistry)
• 馀Yúsurname Yu
• 铈shìcerium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read chāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 超to exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 抄to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize
• 剿to plagiarize
• 绰to grab; to snatch up; variant of 焯
• 焯to blanch; to parboil
• 弨unbent bow
• 怊(literary) sad; sorrowful; disappointed; frustrated
• 訬clamor; uproar; annoyance