葡幣

Chinese

Portugal money; coins; currency
trad. (葡幣)
simp. (葡币)

Pronunciation


Noun

葡幣

  1. (Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong) Macanese pataca

Usage notes

Although this term literally means “Portuguese currency”, it only refers to Macanese patacas. Portuguese escudos are referred to as 埃斯庫多 / 埃斯库多 (āisīkùduō) in Mandarin or 士姑度 (si6 gu1 dou6) in Cantonese instead, which are both directly borrowed from Portuguese.

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