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零钱

líng qián

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 零錢

零钱 (líng qián) means "change (of money)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 零钱 means

1. change (of money)
2. small change
3. pocket money

The characters in 零钱

• 零língzero; nought; zero sign
• 钱qiáncoin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两

Example sentences

• 有零钱吗？
  Do you have any small change?
• 我没零钱。
  I don't have any change.
• 这是你零钱。
  Here is your change.
• 不用找零钱了。
  Keep the change!
• 我没任何零钱。
  I don't have any change.
• 你身上有零钱吗？
  Nǐ shēnshang yǒu língqián ma?
  Do you have small change with you?

Where 零钱 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Household, Kitchen & Daily Life (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read líng qián correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.