掙錢 [挣钱]

Jyutping zaang6 cin4
Pinyin zhèng qián

Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）

掙錢 [挣钱]

Jyutping zaang6 cin2
Pinyin zhēng qián

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to earn money
    (syn.) 搵錢, 赚钱, 趁钱, 趁錢, 賺錢, 揾钱
  2. adj, colloquial
    profitable

掙錢 [挣钱]

Jyutping zaang6 cin2
Pinyin zhèng qián

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to make money
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to earn money
    (syn.) 搵錢, 赚钱, 趁钱, 趁錢, 賺錢, 揾钱
  2. adj, colloquial
    profitable
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #998
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    别老躺着啊，要是躺着能挣钱也行。
    別老躺着啊，要是躺着能掙錢也行。
    bié lǎo tǎng zhe a ， yào shi tǎng zhe néng zhèng qián yě xíng 。
    • Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
  2. Mandarin
    挣钱容易攒钱难。
    掙錢容易攢錢難。
    zhèng qián róng yì zǎn qián nán 。
    • It is easier to get money than to keep it.
  3. Mandarin
    挣钱是他的宗教。
    掙錢是他的宗教。
    zhèng qián shì tā de zōng jiào 。
    • Making money is his religion.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    张成泽滥用职权，搞乱两位大元帅就首都建设建立起来的工作体系，几年间把很多建设建材基地几乎变为废墟，以狡猾的手法消弱首都建设单位的技术人员和技工队伍，把一些重要建设单位交给心腹用来挣钱，故意妨碍了平壤市建设。
    張成澤濫用職權，搞亂兩位大元帥就首都建設建立起來的工作體系，幾年間把很多建設建材基地幾乎變為廢墟，以狡猾的手法消弱首都建設單位的技術人員和技工隊伍，把一些重要建設單位交給心腹用來掙錢，故意妨礙了平壤市建設。
    zhāng chéng zé làn yòng zhí quán ， gǎo luàn liǎng wèi dà yuán shuài jiù shǒu dōu jiàn shè jiàn lì qǐ lai de gōng zuò tǐ xì ， jǐ nián jiān bǎ hěn duō jiàn shè jiàn cái jī dì jī hū biàn wéi fèi xū ， yǐ jiǎo huá de shǒu fǎ xiāo ruò shǒu dū jiàn shè dān wèi de jì shù rén yuán hé jì gōng duì wǔ ， bǎ yī xiē zhòng yào jiàn shè dān wèi jiāo gěi xīn fù yòng lái zhèng qián ， gù yì fán gài le píng rǎng shì jiàn shè ．
    • Abusing his authority, he undermined the work system related to the construction of the capital city established by Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, reducing the construction and building-materials bases to such bad shape little short of debris in a few years. He weakened the ranks of technicians and skilled workers at the units for the construction of the capital city in a crafty manner and transferred major construction units to his confidants so that they might make money. In this way he deliberately disturbed the construction in Pyongyang.