洋錢

洋钱
yángqián
  1. foreign money
  2. flat silver (former coinage)
  3. also written 銀元

CEDICT

  1. (colloquial, dated) silver dollar; flat silver
  2. foreign money
  3. silver dollar; flat silver

Wiktionary

銀幣的俗稱。因式樣是由國外傳入中國，故稱為「洋錢」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 洋 yáng
  1. ocean
  2. vast
  3. foreign
  4. silver dollar or coin
2 錢 qián
  1. coin
  2. money
  3. unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩 liǎng

classifier: 筆

Related entries

銀元 yínyuán
  1. flat silver (former coinage)
  2. also written 銀圓
  3. silver dollar
銀圓 yínyuán
  1. flat silver (former coinage)
  2. also written 銀元
  3. silver dollar
銀洋 yínyáng
  1. flat silver (former coinage)
  2. also written 銀元