聘金

pìnjīn
betrothal money (given to the bride's family)

CEDICT

  1. betrothal gifts (from the bridegroom's to the bride's family); bride price
  2. money paid at the time of hiring; advance payment on engagement

Wiktionary

订婚时男方赠予女方的金钱。

重編國語辭典

订婚时男方赠予女方的金钱、礼物

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 聘 pìn
  1. to employ; to appoint
  2. (bound form) to betroth
  3. (coll.) (of a woman) to get married; to be marrried off
  4. (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission
  5. Taiwan pr. pìng
2 金 jīn
  1. gold
  2. chemical element Au
  3. generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
  4. money
  5. golden
  6. highly respected
  7. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bāyīn