Chinese

Noun

𥐵仔

1. (Min Nan) saucer; small plate; small dish

   In就用一塊phiat仔來拾，也用鈕仔做錢。 [Min Nan, trad.]

   In就用一块phiat仔来拾，也用钮仔做钱。 [Min Nan, simp.]

   From: 杜雪雲 (Tō͘ Soat-hûn), 仁德ê題目 (Jîn-tek ê Tê-ba̍k)

   In chiū ēng chi̍t tè phiat-á lâi khioh, iā ēng liú-á chò chîⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   So they used a little plate to collect [the money] and used buttons as money.

References

• “Entry #13536”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.