押歲錢

押岁钱
yåqsuīqién
  1. (Nanjing Mandarin) money given to children during the Chinese New Year, usually in a red envelope
  2. money given to children during the Chinese New Year, usually in a red envelope

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 押 yā
  1. to mortgage
  2. to pawn
  3. to detain in custody
  4. to escort and protect
  5. (literary) to sign
2 歲 suì
  1. classifier for years (of age)
  2. year
  3. year (of crop harvests)
=3 錢 Qián surname Qian
=3 錢 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩 liǎng

classifier: 筆
=3 錢 jiǎn
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of farm tool
  2. a kind of farm tool