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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.small change; money of small denominations
请把这20块换成零钱。
Please give me small change for this twenty yuan.
我没有零钱了。
I have no small change.
您能给我点零钱吗?
Could you give me small change?
- 2
n.pocket/spending money; allowance
给孩子们一些零钱。
Give children some pocket money.
我一个月花不了多少零钱。
I spend very little of my monthly allowance.
穷人家的孩子没有多少零钱。
Poor children don't have much change.
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- 3
n.tips; gratuities; earnings of servants, waiters, etc., over and above their formal wages
学生们常用空闲时间挣零钱。
Students often earn change in their spare time.
我在课下兼职挣零钱。
I work part-time after class to earn change.
他在假期打工攒零钱。
He worked during the holidays to save change.
Word usage
- Note"零钱" is relative to "整钱". If 1 yuan is used as "整", then money counted by "jiao" and "fen" can be called "零钱"; if 10 yuan is used as "整", then the money less than 10 yuan is called "零钱".