押岁钱

押歲錢
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

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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 岁 suì
  1. variant of 岁 suì, year
  2. years old
=2 岁 suì
  1. classifier for years (of age)
  2. year
  3. year (of crop harvests)
=3 钱 Qián surname Qian
=3 钱 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 liǎng

classifier: 筆