銀錢

Chinese

		silver; money	coin; money
trad. (銀錢)		銀	錢
simp. (银钱)		银	钱
anagram		錢銀／钱银

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yínqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ cin^4-2 / ngan⁴ cin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiùn-chhièn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíncián
    • Wade–Giles: yin²-chʻien²
    • Yale: yín-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynchyan
    • Palladius: иньцянь (inʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngan⁴ cin^4-2 / ngan⁴ cin⁴
    • Yale: ngàhn chín / ngàhn chìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ tsin^4-2 / ngan⁴ tsin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ qin^4-2 / ngen⁴ qin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/, /ŋɐn²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiùn-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiun^ˇ qien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiun² qian²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯un¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/

Noun

銀錢

1. (historical) silver money
2. (dated) money (in general)
3. (Cantonese) dollar; yuan; buck (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   個零銀錢／个零银钱 [Cantonese]  ―  go³ leng⁴ ngan⁴ cin^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  a dollar and a bit

   • 1953, 余幹之 [Yu Kon-chi], directed by 李鐵 [Lee Tit], 《危樓春曉》 [In the Face of Demolition]‎, spoken by 三姑 [Third Aunt] (李月清 [Yuet-ching Lee]):

     做十個銀錢人情都話嫌少喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     做十个银钱人情都话嫌少㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     zou⁶ sap⁶ go³ ngan⁴ cin^4-2 jan⁴ cing⁴ dou¹ waa⁶ jim⁴ siu² wo³. [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

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• 下本 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 條件 / 条件 (tiáojiàn)
• 泉幣 / 泉币 (quánbì) (literary)
• 物質條件 / 物质条件 (wùzhì tiáojiàn)
• 產業 / 产业 (chǎnyè)
• 財富 / 财富 (cáifù)
• 財帛 / 财帛 (cáibó) (dated)
• 財物 / 财物 (cáiwù)
• 財產 / 财产 (cáichǎn)
• 財貝 / 财贝 (Dungan)
• 財貨 / 财货 (cáihuò)
• 貨幣 / 货币 (huòbì)
• 資本 / 资本 (zīběn)
• 資源 / 资源 (zīyuán) (slang)
• 資金 / 资金 (zījīn)
• 金錢 / 金钱 (jīnqián)
• 銀彈 / 银弹 (yíndàn) (figurative)
• 錢幣 / 钱币 (qiánbì)
• 錢眼 / 钱眼 (qiányǎn) (figurative)
• 錢財 / 钱财 (qiáncái)