课金

課金

kèjīn

verb

Meanings

1 to make in-app purchases (gaming)
2 to spend money on a game

Characters

to levy / to charge

Examples

不课金根本抽不到这个角色。

Bù kèjīn gēnběn chōu bu dào zhège juésè.

Without spending money you basically can't pull this character.

我每个月课金预算就两百块。

Wǒ měi gè yuè kèjīn yùsuàn jiù èr bǎi kuài.

My monthly spending budget is just 200 yuan.

Tips

culture

From Japanese 課金 (kakin). In simplified Chinese gaming community, the pun variant 氪金 (kè jīn, 'kryptonite money') is now far more common, but 课金 persists in anime/gacha contexts.

usage

Can be used as a verb (不想课金) or noun (课金玩家 = paying player).

Stroke Order

课 kè

金 jīn