压岁钱

壓歲錢
yā suì qián
HSK 6
money given to children as new year present
noun

Example Sentences

我在过年的时候收到了很多压岁钱。
wǒzài guònián de shíhòu shōudào le hěnduō yāsuìqián 。
I received a lot of red envelope money during the New Year.
孩子们都期待收到压岁钱。
háizǐ mén dū qīdài shōudào yāsuìqián 。
The children all look forward to receiving red envelope money.
我用压岁钱买了一些书。
wǒ yòng yāsuìqián mǎi le yīxiē shū 。
I used my New Year's money to buy some books.

Individual Characters

压yā
press, push, keep under control
HSK 1
岁suì
classifier for years (of age)
HSK 1
钱qián
coin, money

Words Starting With 压

压力yā lì
pressure
压制yā zhì
to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
压抑yā yì
to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
压榨yā zhà
"to press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing"
压缩yā suō
to compress; compression

Words Ending With 钱

挣钱zhèng qián
to make money
零钱líng qián
change (of money); small change; pocket money
本钱běn qián
capital

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