份子钱

份子錢
fènziqián
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 gift money (for weddings, funerals, housewarmings)
  2. 2 cash gift from guests

Examples

HSK 3
Tóngshì jiéhūn, fènziqián yìbān gěi wǔbǎi.
For a colleague's wedding the usual cash gift is 500 yuan.
HSK 6
Zhège yuè péngyou dōu jiéhūn, fènziqián kuài bǎ wǒ tāokōng le.
All my friends are getting married this month, the gift money is cleaning me out.

Tips

culture
Placed in a red envelope (红包) and handed to the host at a wedding banquet. Amounts follow regional norms: close family can give 1000+ yuan, casual friends 200-500. Even numbers are preferred except 4 (it sounds like , 'death').

Stroke Order

fèn
qián