按揭

按揭

Chinese

		to press (with the hand); to push; to control to press (with the hand); to push; to control; to restrain; to check; pressing down (brush movement in painting); according to; in the light of	lift off (a cover); divulge
simp. and trad. (按揭)		按	揭

Etymology

Unknown. Originally Cantonese. Possibilities for the etymology include:

1. 按 (“mortgage”) + 揭, the latter a transcription of English mortgage
2. 按 (“mortgage”) + 揭 (“to borrow money”)
3. from 摸揭, a transcription of English mortgage.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànjiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on³ kit³
• Min Nan (POJ): àn-kiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ànjiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annjie
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànjie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ t͡ɕjɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: on³ kit³
    • Yale: on kit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on³ kit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: on³ kid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn³³ kʰiːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àn-kiat
    • Tâi-lô: àn-kiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: arnkiad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /an⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /an²¹⁻⁵³ kiɛt̚³²/

Verb

按揭

1. to mortgage

   按揭貸款 / 按揭贷款  ―  ànjiē dàikuǎn  ―  mortgage loan