travel money; traveling expenses
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
traveling expenses; money for a journey
informalA colloquial term, often used in historical or traditional contexts when discussing long-distance travel. Less common in modern spoken Chinese where 路费 (lù fèi) is preferred.
Tā他
mài卖
diào掉
le了
jiā家
lǐ里
de的
niú牛
，
còu凑
le了
xiē些
pán盘
chán缠
jìn进
jīng京
gǎn赶
kǎo考
。
He sold the family cow to gather some travel money to go to the capital for the imperial examination.
Chū出
mén门
zài在
wài外
，
pán盘
chán缠
yào要
dài带
gòu够
。
When traveling away from home, you must bring enough traveling expenses.
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Zhè这
diǎn点
pán盘
chán缠
kǒng恐
pà怕
bù不
gòu够
nǐ你
zǒu走
dào到
xià下
yī一
gè个
chéng城
shì市
。
I'm afraid this amount of travel money won't be enough for you to get to the next city.