zhuàn
to earn
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他靠炒股赚了很多钱。
tā kào chǎogǔ zhuànle hěnduō qián.
He made a lot of money from炒股.
这家公司去年赚了很多钱。
zhè jiā gōngsī qùnián zhuànle hěnduō qián.
This company made a lot of money last year.
我今年赚的钱比去年多。
wǒ jīnnián zhuàn de qián bǐ qùnián duō.
I made more money this year than last year.
赔 (péi)
lose
亏 (kuī)
lose
The Chinese character 赚 (zhuàn) is composed of two parts: the radical 贝 (bèi), which means "money" or "wealth", and the phonetic component 赚 (zhuàn), which is a simplified form of the character 賺 (zhuàn), which means "to earn" or "to gain". The original form of the character 賺 was a pictograph of a person holding a string of coins, representing the idea of earning money. Over time, the character evolved into its current simplified form, while retaining its original meaning. The character 赚 is commonly used in Chinese to express the idea of earning money or gaining a profit, and can also be used in a more general sense to mean "to obtain" or "to acquire".
