赚 zhuàn earn
earn; make a profit
怎么记住“赚”: 贝 sea shell + 兼 combine = earn. The girl on the beach paints every sea shell she finds, likes to combine them into necklaces and sells them to earn pocket money.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
赚 = 贝 sea shell + 兼 combine
- 贝 sea shell meaning
- 兼 combine sound
The girl on the beach paints every sea shell she finds, likes to combine them into necklaces and sells them to earn pocket money.
How it came to be
The shell gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- To earn/make money as profit: 赚钱 (zhuàn qián) make money, 赚了一笔 (zhuàn le yì bǐ) made a tidy sum.
- Compare 挣钱 (zhèng qián), also "earn": 挣 stresses toiling for wages, while 赚 stresses coming out ahead / turning a profit.
- Colloquially 赚到了 (zhuàn dào le) even means "what a bargain / totally worth it."
例句
- 我赚了一笔钱。 Wǒ zhuàn le yī bǐ qián.I've made some money.