HSK 6 · Money

攒 zǎn “to save up” in Chinese

Traditional 攢

What 攒 means

  1. to save up
  2. to accumulate
  3. to collect
  4. to hoard
  5. to save

How to say 攒

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale攒zǎn3rd tone, dipping

攒 in a sentence

  1. 我工作是为了攒大学学费。

    Wǒ gōngzuò shì wèile zǎn dàxué xuéfèi.

    I’m working to save up for my university fees.

    Sentence #1417579 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他在攒钱上大学。

    Tā zài zǎnqián shàng dàxué.

    He’s saving up to go to university.

    Sentence #357167 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 挣钱容易攒钱难。

    Zhèngqián róngyì zǎnqián nán.

    Earning money is easy; saving it is hard.

    Sentence #6461951 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 攒 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 攒 (zǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
攒zǎnto collect
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 赞to help · zànSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 赞 (zàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with zǎn.

How to write 攒

攒 19 strokes

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攒 (zǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 攒 (zǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 攒

More words: Money & Economy

压岁钱yāsuìqián · money given to children at Chinese New Year盈利yínglì · profit用户yònghù · user预算yùsuàn · budget赞助zànzhù · to sponsor债券zhàiquàn · bond (finance)招标zhāobiāo · to invite tenders征收zhēngshōu · to levy

FAQs

攒 (zǎn) means “to save up” or “to accumulate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zǎn: zǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 攒 is written 攢. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 攒 from the suggestions. Typing zan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
攒 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.