賺〔赚〕 zaan⁶ {zhuàn}

1. to earn
2. to make a profit

賺〔赚〕 zaan⁶ {zuàn}

1. to cheat
2. to swindle

賺攪〔赚搅〕 zaan² gaau² {zhuàn jiǎo}

futile efforts; vain efforts

賺衰〔赚-〕 zaan² seoi¹ {zhuàn shuāi}

slang for "this is not gonna work" / "this will turn out badly"; to do something that will only lead to trouble

賺取〔赚-〕 zaan⁶ ceoi² {zhuàn qǔ}

1. to make a profit
2. to earn a packet

賺錢〔赚钱〕 zaan⁶ cin² {zhuàn qián}

1. to earn money
2. moneymaking

賺得〔赚-〕 zaan⁶ dak¹ {zhuàn dé}

to earn

賺哄〔赚-〕 zaan⁶ hung⁶ {zhuàn hǒng}

1. to cheat
2. to hoodwink
3. to defraud

賺頭〔赚头〕 zaan⁶ tau⁴ {zhuàn tou}

profit (colloquial)

賺嘥氣〔赚-气〕 zaan² saai¹ hei³ {zhuàn sāi qì}

a waste of breath; beating a dead horse; futile; pointless

賺得個〔赚-个〕 zaan⁶ dak¹ go³ {zhuàn de gè}

only to end up in; only to result in; only to come to

賺大錢〔赚-钱〕 zaan⁶ daai⁶ cin² {zhuàn dà qián}

to earn a fortune

賺頭蝕尾〔赚头食-〕 zaan⁶ tau⁴ sik⁶ mei⁵ {zhuàn tou shí wěi}

a business strategy, meaning when the item is sold for a higher price at the beginning of a sale, a normal price in the middle of the sale, and then a much lower price at the very end; to make a gain at the beginning but make a loss at the end

賺錢買花戴〔赚钱买--〕 zaan⁶ cin² maai⁵ faa¹ daai³ {zhuàn qián mǎi huā dài}

(literally: to earn money to buy flowers for wearing); one's salary is not needed for basic living expenses and can be spent on luxuries