冥鈔

Chinese

		dark; deep	money; paper money
trad. (冥鈔)		冥	鈔
simp. (冥钞)		冥	钞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngchāo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵ caau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-chhau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngchāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngchao
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-chʻao¹
  - Yale: míng-chāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingchau
  - Palladius: минчао (minčao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁵ caau¹
  - Yale: míhng chāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵ tsaau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵ cao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³ t͡sʰaːu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chhau
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-tshau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengzhaw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁴⁴/

Noun

冥鈔

paper made to resemble banknotes and burned for the dead; hell money

Synonyms

元寶 / 元宝 (nguòng-bō̤) (Eastern Min)
冥幣 / 冥币 (míngbì)
冥紙 / 冥纸
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)