了錢

了錢

Chinese

		to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	coin; money
trad. (了錢)		了	錢
simp. (了钱)		了	钱

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): liáu-chîⁿ

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Lukang, Magong, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liawcvii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Lukang): /liau⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /liau⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ²³/
    • IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /liau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/

Verb

了錢

1. (Min Nan) to lose money; to make a loss
2. (Min Nan) to waste money

Synonyms

• (to lose money):

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Synonyms of 了錢

了去 (Min Nan) 了大空 (Min Nan) 了本 (Min Nan) 塌本 (Min Nan) 打出本 (Hakka) 折本 (shéběn) 倒篷頭／倒篷头 (Wu)

倒貼 (Min Nan) 虧損／亏损 (kuīsǔn) 虧本／亏本 (kuīběn) 蝕本／蚀本 (shíběn) 貼本／贴本 (Min Nan, Xiang) 賠本／赔本 (péiběn)

Derived terms

了錢生理無人做，刣頭生理有人做／了钱生理无人做，刣头生理有人做

References

• “Entry #162”, 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.