HSK 4 · Work

现金 xiànjīn “cash” in Chinese

Traditional 現金

What 现金 means

  1. cash

How to say 现金

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale现xiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale金jīn1st tone, high and level

现金 in a sentence

  1. 我现在没有多少现金。

    Wǒ xiànzài méiyǒu duōshǎo xiànjīn.

    I don’t have much cash on me right now.

    Sentence #6402741 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你是刷卡还是付现金？

    Nǐ shì shuākǎ háishi fù xiànjīn?

    Are you paying by card or cash?

    Sentence #420492 from Tatoeba

  3. 用现金付的话会有折扣吗？

    Yòng xiànjīn fù dehuà huì yǒu zhékòu ma?

    Is there a discount if you pay in cash?

    Sentence #2256337 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 现金 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 现 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
现xiànto appear
  • 王king · wáng
  • 见to see · jiàn

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉, and 见 gives the sound (it was once also read xiàn, “to appear”). Picture jade catching the eye: to appear, now.

The character 金 (jīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
金jīngold
  • 人person · rén
  • 王king · wáng
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā

How to write 现金

现 8 strokes · 金 8 strokes

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

Words related to 现金

Words with 现

现在xiànzài · now发现fāxiàn · discover出现chūxiàn · to appear现代xiàndài · modern times表现biǎoxiàn · to show实现shíxiàn · to achieve体现tǐxiàn · to embody现实xiànshí · reality现象xiànxiàng · phenomenon现场xiànchǎng · scene

Words with 金

奖金jiǎngjīn · bonus黄金huángjīn · gold押金yājīn · deposit资金zījīn · funds金属jīnshǔ · metal基金jījīn · fund金融jīnróng · finance

More words: School, Work & Culture

生意shēngyi · business师傅shīfu · master收入shōurù · income售货员shòuhuòyuán · salesperson演员yǎnyuán · actor or actress应聘yìngpìn · to apply for a job招聘zhāopìn · to invite applications for a job职业zhíyè · occupation

FAQs

现金 (xiànjīn) means “cash”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xiànjīn: xiàn with a 4th tone, then jīn with a 1st 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, 现金 is written 現金. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xianjin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 现金 from the suggestions. Typing xianjin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
现金 is an HSK 4 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.