閹錢
Chinese
castrate | coin; money | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (閹錢) | 閹 | 錢 | |
simp. (阉钱) | 阉 | 钱 |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iam-chîⁿ
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam-chîⁿ
- Tâi-lô: iam-tsînn
- Phofsit Daibuun: iamcvii
- IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iam³³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
閹錢
- (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to fork out (money reluctantly); to cough up (money); to pay
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to extort money