# 挣钱 (zhèngqián)

In Mandarin Chinese, 挣钱 (zhèngqián) means “to make money; to earn money”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to make money; to earn money
- Pinyin: zhèngqián (zheng4 qian2)
- Traditional: 掙錢
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他努力工作挣钱。
  Tā nǔlì gōngzuò zhèngqián.
  He works hard to make money.

## Characters

- [挣](https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-struggle-get-free/) (zhèng): to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire
- [钱](https://hanziro.com/word/qian-money/) (qián): money

https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-qian-make-money/

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