活錢

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	coin; money
trad. (活錢)		活	錢
simp. (活钱)		活	钱

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huóqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ cin^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huóqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huócián
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-chʻien²
    • Yale: hwó-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwochyan
    • Palladius: хоцянь (xocjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huóqiánr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huóciánr
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-chʻien²-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwó-chyánr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwochyal
    • Palladius: хоцяньр (xocjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ cin^4-2
    • Yale: wuht chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ tsin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ qin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

活錢

1. (colloquial) ready money; cash
2. (Mainland China, colloquial) extra income

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 現金 (“cash”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		現金, 現款, 現錢, 現鈔
Mandarin	Taiwan	現金, 現款, 現鈔
	Harbin	現錢, 活錢兒
	Yantai (Muping)	現錢
	Luoyang	現錢兒
	Xi'an	現錢
	Singapore	現金
Cantonese	Guangzhou	現銀, 現把 dated
	Hong Kong	現金, 茄殊, 現錢, 現銀
	Dongguan	現銀, 現金
Gan	Nanchang	現錢
	Lichuan	現錢
Hakka	Meixian	現錢
	Yudu	現錢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	現錢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	現錢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	現錢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	現錢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	現錢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	現錢
Jin	Taiyuan	現錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	現金, 現款, 現錢
	Quanzhou	現金, 現款, 現錢
	Zhangzhou	現金, 現款, 現錢
	Tainan	現金
	Penang (Hokkien)	現金, 現鐳, 現錢
	Manila (Hokkien)	現錢
	Jieyang	現銀
	Leizhou	現錢
Wu	Shanghai	現鈿, 現鈔, 開許 dated
	Ningbo	現鈔
	Wenzhou	現銅錢
Xiang	Changsha	現票子

• (extra income): 外快 (wàikuài), 零錢／零钱 (língqián), 外財／外财 (wàicái); (Hakka, Eastern Min, Hokkien) 外水

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-chîⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqcvii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²³/

Noun

活錢

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) stable income
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) money that is ready to use

Antonyms

• 死錢／死钱