壓歲錢

See also: 压岁钱

Chinese

		to give children money or auspicious items during the Chinese New Year, originally intended to help dispel evil spirits	coin; money
trad. (壓歲錢)		壓歲	錢
simp. (压岁钱)		压岁	钱
alternative forms		硩歲錢／硩岁钱 Min

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāsuìqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³ seoi³ cin⁴ / aat³ seoi³ cin^4-2
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'ngat⁶ sui⁴ qien²
• Jin (Wiktionary): iah⁴ sui³ qie¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): dáh-huói-cièng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ap-sòe-chîⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāsuìqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yasuèicián
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-sui⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: yā-swèi-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iasueychyan
    • Palladius: ясуйцянь (jasujcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aat³ seoi³ cin⁴ / aat³ seoi³ cin^4-2
    • Yale: aat seui chìhn / aat seui chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸ soey³ tsin⁴ / aat⁸ soey³ tsin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ad³ sêu³ qin⁴ / ad³ sêu³ qin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːt̚³ sɵy̯³³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/, /aːt̚³ sɵy̯³³ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'ngat⁶ sui⁴ qien²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈŋat̚⁵ sui³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: iah⁴ sui³ qie¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /iaʔ² suei⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰie¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dáh-huói-cièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taʔ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(h-)ui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ap-sòe-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ap-suè-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: apsoeacvii
    • IPA (Taipei): /ap̚³²⁻⁴ sue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ap̚³²⁻⁴ sue²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sĩ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ap̚³²⁻⁴ sue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/

Noun

壓歲錢

1. money given to children during the Chinese New Year, usually in a red envelope

Synonyms

• (dialectal) 壓腰錢／压腰钱 (yāyāoqián)
• (Northern Min) 墜歲錢／坠岁钱, 生帶錢／生带钱
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 硩年錢／硩年钱, 硩腰錢／硩腰钱
• (Wu) 壓歲鈿／压岁钿