食錢

食錢

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	coin; money
trad. (食錢)		食	錢
simp. (食钱)		食	钱

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ cin^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h-chîⁿ

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ cin^4-2
    • Yale: sihk chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ tsin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ qin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Hsinchu, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqcvii
    • IPA (Yilan): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁵⁻² t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕĩ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)³⁵⁻² t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/

Verb

食錢

1. (Min Nan) to embezzle; to be corrupt
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, of an ATM) to "devour" banknotes: to mutilate banknotes

Synonyms

• (to embezzle):

edit

歪哥 (wāigē) (Taiwan) 中飽／中饱 (zhōngbǎo) 貪／贪 (tān)

貪墨／贪墨 (tānmò) (literary) 貪污／贪污 (tānwū)

Derived terms

食錢官／食钱官

See also

• 吃錢／吃钱