硬币

• 병음: yìng bì
• 한자 분석: 硬 = 石 + 更 (stone + phonetic — hard, firm); 币 = 帛 simplified (silk → currency)

뜻

동전

The standard term for physical coins in Chinese. Used in everyday transactions, financial discussions, and figuratively in phrases like 一枚硬币的两面 (two sides of a coin — a double-edged issue). Increasingly rare in daily life as mobile payments dominate, but still relevant in formal economic and cultural contexts.

예문

1. 国家博物馆的货币展汇集刀币、布币到当代硬币，展示了中国货币三千年的演变。
2. 数字支付虽普及，许多老人和境外游客仍要靠硬币乘地铁、上厕所或在集市支付小额费用。
3. 这枚清代光绪错版银硬币拍出百万元，因独特铸造缺陷，被视为研究晚清工艺的重要标本。

사용 가이드

맥락: finance, daily life, culture, history

어조: neutral

올바른 표현

• 电子货币兴起、实物硬币减少，是同一硬币的两面，中央银行也面临普惠与现代化的平衡。(The rise of electronic money and the decline of physical coins are two sides of the same coin, and central banks also face the challenge of balancing inclusion with modernisation.)
• 这位成都民间钱币博物馆馆长四十多年走访拍卖行和藏家，征集三万余枚珍稀硬币与纸币。(For more than forty years, the curator of this private coin museum in Chengdu visited auction houses and collectors, acquiring more than thirty thousand rare coins and banknotes.)

피해야 할 표현

• 我没有硬币所以不能买 — in modern urban China this sounds increasingly dated as most transactions are cashless; more natural is 我手机支付就好，不需要硬币; only use 硬币 when physical coins are genuinely relevant

기원과 역사

硬 (hard — 石 stone radical + 更 phonetic, meaning firm/hard) + 币 (currency — originally 帛 silk cloth used as currency, simplified to 币)

문화적 배경

시대: Modern

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal