压岁钱
yāsuìqián · money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 压岁钱
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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Words with the same characters
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coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]; surname Qian
岁suìclassifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests); variant of 歲|岁[sui4], year; years old
价钱jiàqiánprice
零花钱línghuāqiánpocket money; allowance
零钱língqiánchange (of money); small change; pocket money
压yāto press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure