HSK 4 · Verbs

赚 zhuàn “to earn” in Chinese

Traditional 賺

What 赚 means

  1. to earn
  2. to make a profit

How to say 赚

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale赚zhuàn4th tone, falling

赚 in a sentence

  1. 我想赚很多钱。

    Wǒ xiǎng zhuàn hěn duō qián.

    I want to earn a lot of money.

    Sentence #9467054 from Tatoeba

  2. 他一个月赚多少？

    Tā yí ge yuè zhuàn duōshǎo?

    How much does he earn a month?

    Sentence #4262609 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 她赚多少花多少。

    Tā zhuàn duōshǎo huā duōshǎo.

    She spends as much as she earns.

    Sentence #375976 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 赚 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 赚 (zhuàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
赚zhuànto earn
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part
  • 兼both · jiānSound part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 兼 (jiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuàn.

How to write 赚

赚 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 赚

More words: Common Verbs

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FAQs

赚 (zhuàn) means “to earn” or “to make a profit”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zhuàn: zhuàn with a 4th 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, 赚 is written 賺. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 赚 from the suggestions. Typing zhuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
赚 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.