Definition
赚 (zhuàn) means 'to earn a profit' or 'to make money', typically from business, trade, or investment. It differs from 挣 (zhèng, HSK5), which emphasizes earning money through physical labor or effort (e.g., working a job). 赚 is the everyday word for making a profit in commerce.
verb
to earn (a profit)to make money
Easily confused
- 嫌xiánlook-aliketo dislike (usually because something is unsatisfactory); to complain about; to find fault with
- 转zhuànsound-aliketo turn, to rotate, to revolve
- 兼jiānlook-aliketo hold two or more positions or roles at the same time; to concurrently hold
- 转zhuànsound-aliketo rotate, to spin, to turn (around an axis)
- 兹zīlook-alikethis (formal, literary)
- 传zhuànsound-alikebiography; historical narrative
- 砖zhuānsound-alikebrick
Examples
- 赚。Tā kāi le yì jiā diàn zhuàn le hěn duō qián.He opened a shop and earned a lot of money.
- 赚？Zhège yuè nǐ zhuàn le duōshao qián?How much money did you earn this month?
- 赚。Zuò shēngyi kěyǐ zhuàn hěn duō qián.Doing business can earn a lot of money.
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