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赚

zhuàn · zhuan/zuàn · zuan

Traditional 賺

HSK 6Old HSK 4

Meaning

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zhuàn 賺

  1. to earn
  2. to make a profit

zuàn 賺

  1. to cheat
  2. to swindle
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Selling old books

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，我(wǒ)在(zài)网上(wǎngshàng)卖(mài)旧书(jiùshū)，赚(zhuàn)了(le)五十(wǔshí)块(kuài)！

    Liangliang, I sold old books online and made fifty yuan!

  2. Liangliang

    真的(zhēnde)？你(nǐ)是(shì)怎么(zěnme)赚(zhuàn)的(de)？

    Really? How did you make it?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)把(bǎ)看(kàn)过(guò)的(de)书(shū)都(dōu)卖(mài)了(le)，一本(yīběn)赚(zhuàn)五(wǔ)块(kuài)。

    I sold all the books I'd read, and made five yuan on each.

  4. Liangliang

    十(shí)本(běn)书(shū)才(cái)赚(zhuàn)五十(wǔshí)块(kuài)，那(nà)你的(nǐde)时间(shíjiān)呢(ne)？

    Ten books for only fifty yuan. What about your time?

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)很(hěn)高兴(gāoxìng)，我(wǒ)赚(zhuàn)的(de)钱(qián)可以(kěyǐ)买(mǎi)新书(xīnshū)。

    I'm happy. I can buy new books with the money I made.

  6. Liangliang

    买(mǎi)新书(xīnshū)，再(zài)卖(mài)掉(diào)，再(zài)买(mǎi)……你(nǐ)是(shì)在(zài)赚(zhuàn)钱(qián)，还是(háishi)在(zài)转圈(zhuànquān)？

    Buy new books, sell them, buy again... are you making money, or going in circles?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)觉(jué)得(de)他(tā)有(yǒu)机(jī)会(huì)在(zài)股(gǔ)市(shì)赚(zhuàn)一(yí)大(dà)笔(bǐ)钱(qián)。

Tom thought he had a chance to make a lot of money on the stock market.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)赚(zhuàn)的(de)钱(qián)只(zhǐ)有(yǒu)玛(mǎ)丽(lì)的(de)一(yí)半(bàn)。

Tom only earns half as much money as Mary does.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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