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The Chinese word 有钱 (yǒuqián) is a verb-object compound formed by combining the verb 有 (yǒu), meaning "to have," with the object 钱 (qián), meaning "money." Grammatically, it functions as a stative verb or adjective meaning "to have money," and by extension, "wealthy" or "rich." This formation follows a common syntactic pattern in Chinese where a verb directly modifies its object to create a new conceptual unit, and its meaning is derived transparently from the sum of its parts, reflecting a pragmatic and direct relationship between linguistic structure and meaning.