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紙錢

紙錢

See also: 纸钱

Chinese

		paper	coin; money
trad. (紙錢)		紙	錢
simp. (纸钱)		纸	钱

Noun

紙錢

paper made to resemble money and burned as an offering to the dead or for gods

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhǐqián

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² cin^4-2, zi² cin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chóa-chîⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǐqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyychyan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² cin^4-2, zi² cin⁴
  - Yale: jí chín, jí chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² tsin^4-2, dzi² tsin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/, /t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóa-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsuá-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoafcvii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ²³/