使錢
See also: 使钱
Chinese
to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger | coin; money | ||
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trad. (使錢) | 使 | 錢 | |
simp. (使钱) | 使 | 钱 | |
alternative forms | 洗錢/洗钱 Cantonese |
Pronunciation
Verb
使錢
- (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) to spend money
- 呢個聖誕唔好為咗我使錢! [Cantonese, trad.]
- ni1 go3 sing3 daan3 m4 hou2 wai4 zo2 ngo5 sai2 cin4-2! [Jyutping]
- Don't spend your money on me this Christmas!
呢个圣诞唔好为咗我使钱! [Cantonese, simp.]
- after 1795, 李洙 (Lǐ Zhū) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 93, in 重刊老乞大諺解 (Chóngkān Lǎoqǐdà Yànjiě) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]Ogura Coll. Asami Coll., volume 2, page 91:
- […] 常到婊子家裏去 胡使錢
- 챵ᄃᅶᄇᅸ즈쟈리ᄎᆔ 후시쳔
ciaq dao biao jy jia li ciui; hu si cien
쨩다ᇢ뱌ᇢ즈ᇫ갸례큐 ᅘᅮ시ᇫ쪈
jjiaq daw biaw jyz gia liei kiu; hhu siz jjien - […] always entering the houses of prostitutes, spending money with wild abandon
- 챵ᄃᅶᄇᅸ즈쟈리ᄎᆔ 후시쳔
Synonyms
- 花錢/花钱 (huāqián)
- (Hokkien) 開錢/开钱
- (Xiang) 傷洋子/伤洋子