零
花
钱

Pocket money in Chinese: 零花钱 (líng huā qián)

líng huā qián

pocket money

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 零花錢1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1pocket money
  2. 2allowance

Stroke order

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零
花
钱

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄌㄧㄥˊ

líng

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄏㄨㄚ

huā

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ a—/ first tone

ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

零花钱

Simplified

零花錢

Traditional

Example sentences

See 零花钱 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 爸爸每周给我一些零花钱。

    bà ba měi zhōu gěi wǒ yì xiē líng huā qián。

    Dad gives me some pocket money every week.

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Related words

零

líng

zero

钱

qián

coin

花

huā

flower

花园

huā yuán

garden

花生

huā shēng

peanut

零件

líng jiàn

part

零钱

líng qián

change (of money)

零食

líng shí

between-meal nibbles

棉花

mián hua

cotton

挣钱

zhèng qián

to make money

钱包

qián bāo

purse

零下

líng xià

below zero

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