# 私房钱 (sīfángqián)

In Mandarin Chinese, 私房钱 (sīfángqián) means “secret stash of money; personal savings”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: secret stash of money; personal savings
- Pinyin: sīfángqián (si1 fang2 qian2)
- Traditional: 私房錢
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他用私房钱买了一件礼物。
  Tā yòng sīfángqián mǎile yí jiàn lǐwù.
  He bought a gift with his secret stash of money.

## Characters

- 私 (sī): personal; private; selfish
- 房 (fáng): house; room
- [钱](https://hanziro.com/word/qian-money/) (qián): money

https://hanziro.com/word/si-fang-qian-secret-stash-money/

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