攒 zǎn
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 赞 to help, to support
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
攒
zǎn
to save up; to accumulate
Character
Example phrases
- 为了支付研究生学费，他连续几年把兼职收入一点点攒起来。 Wèile zhīfù yánjiūshēng xuéfèi, tā liánxù jǐ nián bǎ jiānzhí shōurù yìdiǎndiǎn zǎn qǐlái. To pay for postgraduate tuition, he saved his part-time income little by little for several years.
- 她攒了两年钱，终于买了一台新电脑。 Tā zǎnle liǎng nián qián, zhōngyú mǎile yī tái xīn diànnǎo. She saved money for two years and finally bought a new computer.
- 妈妈攒下的旧照片装满了整整一个盒子。 Māma zǎn xià de jiù zhàopiàn zhuāngmǎnle zhěngzhěng yī gè hézi. Mum's collected old photos filled exactly one whole box.
Related words
- 积攒 jīzǎn to save up; to accumulate
- 自费 zìfèi to pay one’s own expenses; self-funded
- 预算 yùsuàn budget; to budget
- 无偿 wúcháng free of charge; without compensation
- 总额 zǒng'é total amount; aggregate sum
- 掏腰包 tāoyāobāo to pay out of one's own pocket
- 数额 shù'é amount; sum of money
- 算账 suànzhàng to settle accounts; to get even
- 小费 xiǎofèi tip; gratuity
- 透支 tòuzhī overdraw; overextend; overdraft
- 外币 wàibì foreign currency
- 拖欠 tuōqiàn to be in arrears; to default on payment