钱

surname Qian

coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]

narrow / small

Character component without intrinsic meaning

price

to pay money

not worth a penny / utterly worthless

not worth a penny; utterly worthless

surplus money

of little value

to be penniless

to spend money recklessly / to squander

to pay up / to shell out / to hand over the money to cover sth

gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)

commission / brokerage

two bits / a small amount of money

money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage; illegal toll / (old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession

private saved money of close family members

stingy; penny-pinching

nothing for nothing / you get what you pay for

high quality at bargain price

to put money above everything else

lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction

stingy / penny-pinching