元寶

See also: 元宝

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
trad. (元寶)		元	寶
simp. (元宝)		元	宝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánbǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ bou²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngièn-pó / ngiàn-pó

(Hailu, HRS): ngien bo^ˊ

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): ying² bao³
Eastern Min (BUC): nguòng-bō̤
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): eng² mo³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-pó
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnioe-pau₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánbǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuánbǎo
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-pao³
  - Yale: ywán-bǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanbao
  - Palladius: юаньбао (juanʹbao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ bou²
  - Yale: yùhn bóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ bou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ bou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ pou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-pó
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien^ˇ bo^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² bo³
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ po³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-pó
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˇ bo^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² bo³
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ po³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien bo^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋien⁵⁵ po²⁴/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: ying² bao³
  - Sinological IPA: /iŋ²⁴ pɔ⁴²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nguòng-bō̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(p-)mo³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: eng² mo³ [Phonetic: eng⁵ mo³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: éng-meô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛŋ¹³⁻¹¹ mo⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: eng² mo³ [Phonetic: eng⁵ mo³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛŋ²⁴⁻²¹ mo³³²/

Note: irregular reading.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-pó
  - Tâi-lô: guân-pó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goanpoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² po⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² po⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² po⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ po⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ pɤ⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnioe-pau₅
  - MiniDict: nyoe^去 pau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyyoe-pau₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲyø²² pɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

元寶

(historical, numismatics) sycee; yuanbao (various gold and silver ingots used as currency in imperial China)
imitation sycee burnt as an offering as part of ancestral veneration (for Tomb Sweeping Day or during the Ghost Festival)
(Eastern Min) joss paper or other similar items used as a burnt offering in traditional Chinese veneration of the dead.

Synonyms

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冥幣 / 冥币 (míngbì)
冥紙 / 冥纸
冥鈔 / 冥钞 (míngchāo)
冥錢 / 冥钱
冥鏹 / 冥镪 (ming⁵ koeng⁵) (Cantonese)
棋盤 / 棋盘 (gì-buàng) (Eastern Min)
棋盤箔 / 棋盘箔 (gì-buàng-bŏ̤h) (Eastern Min)
楮錢 / 楮钱 (chǔqián) (literary)
溪錢 / 溪钱 (kai¹ cin⁴) (Cantonese)
神紙 / 神纸
箔仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
紙字 / 纸字 (Hokkien)
紙楮 / 纸楮
紙紮 / 纸扎 (zhǐzhá)
紙錢 / 纸钱 (zhǐqián)
衣紙 / 衣纸 (yīzhǐ)
金紙 / 金纸
金銀紙 / 金银纸 (jīnyínzhǐ)
銀紙 / 银纸 (Hokkien)
錢紙 / 钱纸 (zienn² zhr³) (Xiang)
陰司紙 / 阴司纸 (jam¹ si¹ zi²) (Cantonese)
陰司錢 / 阴司钱
鬼鈔 / 鬼钞 (guǐchāo)

Derived terms

元寶楓 / 元宝枫
元寶灰 / 元宝灰
元寶鈔 / 元宝钞
元寶隻 / 元宝只
得一元寶 / 得一元宝
得壹元寶 / 得壹元宝
糕元寶 / 糕元宝
紙元寶 / 纸元宝
綠衣元寶 / 绿衣元宝
送元寶 / 送元宝
銀元寶 / 银元宝
開通元寶 / 开通元宝

References

冯爱珍 [Feng, Aizhen], editor (1998), “元寶”, in 福州方言词典 [Dictionary of the Fuzhou Dialect] (in Chinese), Nanjing: 江苏教育出版社 (Jiangsu Educational Press), →ISBN, page 321.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “元宝”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 187.
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “元宝”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 769.