| 1 | 钱 | 錢 | qián | qian2 | coin; money; Classifiers: 笔 ; surname Qian | | |
| 2 | 钱财 | 錢財 | qián cái | qian2 cai2 | wealth; money | | |
| 3 | 钱塘潮 | 錢塘潮 | qián táng cháo | Qian2 tang2 chao2 | tidal bore of Qiantang river | | |
| 4 | 钱皮 | 錢皮 | qián pí | Qian2 pi2 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), president of Italy 1999-2006 | | |
| 5 | 钱其琛 | 錢其琛 | qián qí chēn | Qian2 Qi2 chen1 | Qian Qichen (1928-2017), former Chinese vice premier | | |
| 6 | 钱起 | 錢起 | qián qǐ | Qian2 Qi3 | Qian Qi (c. 710-780), Tang Dynasty poet | | |
| 7 | 钱三强 | 錢三強 | qián sān qiáng | Qian2 San1 qiang2 | Qian Sanqiang | | |
| 8 | 钱是万恶之源 | 錢是萬惡之源 | qián shì wàn è zhī yuán | qian2 shi4 wan4 e4 zhi1 yuan2 | Money is the root of all evil. | | |
| 9 | 钱树 | 錢樹 | qián shù | qian2 shu4 | money tree; prostitute; hen that lays golden eggs | | |
| 10 | 钱塘 | 錢塘 | qián táng | Qian2 tang2 | Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州 | | |
| 11 | 钱迷心窍 | 錢迷心竅 | qián mí xīn qiào | qian2 mi2 xin1 qiao4 | to be blinded by lust for money (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 钱塘江 | 錢塘江 | qián táng jiāng | Qian2 tang2 Jiang1 | Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州 | | |
| 13 | 钱物 | 錢物 | qián wù | qian2 wu4 | money and things of value | | |
| 14 | 钱学森 | 錢學森 | qián xué sēn | Qian2 Xue2 sen1 | Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer | | |
| 15 | 钱永健 | 錢永健 | qián yǒng jiàn | Qian2 Yong3 jian4 | Roger Yonchien Tsien (1952-), US Chinese chemist and 2008 Nobel laureate | | |
| 16 | 钱钟书 | 錢鐘書 | qián zhōng shū | Qian2 Zhong1 shu1 | Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), literary academic and novelist, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 围城 | | |
| 17 | 钱庄 | 錢莊 | qián zhuāng | qian2 zhuang1 | money farm (dealing in illegal foreign currency of money laundering) | | |
| 18 | 钱能通神 | 錢能通神 | qián néng tōng shén | qian2 neng2 tong1 shen2 | money is all-powerful; money can move God | | |
| 19 | 钱没白花 | 錢沒白花 | qián méi bái huā | qian2 mei2 bai2 hua1 | to get one's money's worth (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 钱粮 | 錢糧 | qián liáng | qian2 liang2 | land tax; money and grain (given as tax or tribute) | | |
| 21 | 钱可通神 | 錢可通神 | qián kě tōng shén | qian2 ke3 tong1 shen2 | with money, you can do anything (idiom); money talks | | |
| 22 | 钱夹 | 錢夾 | qián jiā | qian2 jia1 | wallet; Taiwan pr. [qian2 jia2] | | |
| 23 | 钱多事少离家近 | 錢多事少離家近 | qián duō shì shǎo lí jiā jìn | qian2 duo1 shi4 shao3 li2 jia1 jin4 | lots of money, less work, and close to home; ideal job | | |
| 24 | 钱袋 | 錢袋 | qián dài | qian2 dai4 | purse; wallet | | |
| 25 | 钱串子 | 錢串子 | qián chuàn zi | qian2 chuan4 zi5 | string of cash | | |