私
房
钱

Secret purse in Chinese: 私房钱 (sī fáng qián)

sī fáng qián

secret purse

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 私房錢1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1secret purse
  2. 2secret stash of money

Stroke order

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私
房
钱

Zhuyin

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ㄙ

sī

ㄙ/ s—/ first tone

ㄈㄤˊ

fáng

ㄈ/ fㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

私房钱

Simplified

私房錢

Traditional

Example sentences

See 私房钱 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他偷偷存了一些私房钱。

    tā tōu tōu cún le yì xiē sī fáng qián。

    He secretly saved up some money of his own.

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Related words

钱

qián

coin

房间

fáng jiān

room

厨房

chú fáng

kitchen

房东

fáng dōng

landlord

零钱

líng qián

change (of money)

私人

sī rén

private

挣钱

zhèng qián

to make money

自私

zì sī

selfish

房子

fáng zi

house

钱包

qián bāo

purse

住房

zhù fáng

housing

房屋

fáng wū

house

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