紙錢
See also: 纸钱
Chinese
| paper | coin; money | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (紙錢) | 紙 | 錢 | |
| simp. (纸钱) | 纸 | 钱 | |
| anagram | 錢紙／钱纸 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zi2 cin4
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐqián
- Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhcián
- Wade–Giles: chih3-chʻien2
- Yale: jř-chyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyychyan
- Palladius: чжицянь (čžicjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi2 cin4
- Yale: jí chìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi2 tsin4
- Guangdong Romanization: ji2 qin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóa-chîⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tsuá-tsînn
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoafcvii
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zua2 zin5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuá tsîⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sua⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
紙錢
- joss paper; paper made to resemble money and burned as an offering to the dead or for gods
- 新年初一日，叫他到墳上燒紙錢去，又說道：「你到墳上去，向老爹說：我年紀老了，這天氣冷，我不能親自來替親家拜年。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
- Xīnnián chūyī rì, jiào tā dào fén shàng shāo zhǐqián qù, yòu shuōdào: “Nǐ dào fén shàng qù, xiàng lǎodiē shuō: wǒ niánjì lǎo le, zhè tiānqì lěng, wǒ bùnéng qīnzì lái tì qìngjiā bàinián.” [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
新年初一日，叫他到坟上烧纸钱去，又说道：「你到坟上去，向老爹说：我年纪老了，这天气冷，我不能亲自来替亲家拜年。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
- (Dungan, Eastern Min) paper money; bill; note; banknote
Synonyms
- (joss paper):
- 元寶 / 元宝 (nguòng-bō̤) (Eastern Min)
- 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)
- 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)
- (banknote):
Dialectal synonyms of 紙幣 (“banknote; bill”) [map]