年兜錢

Chinese

		beginning of the year in the Chinese calendar	coin; money
trad. (年兜錢)		年兜	錢
simp. (年兜钱)		年兜	钱

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-tau-chîⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Hui'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-tau-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-tau-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lindaucvii
    • IPA (Hui'an): /lin²⁴⁻²² tau³³ t͡sĩ²⁴/

Noun

年兜錢

1. (Hui'an Hokkien) money given to children during the Chinese New Year, usually in a red envelope

Synonyms

• 壓歲錢／压岁钱 (yāsuìqián)
• (dialectal) 壓腰錢／压腰钱 (yāyāoqián)
• (Northern Min) 墜歲錢／坠岁钱, 生帶錢／生带钱
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 硩年錢／硩年钱, 硩腰錢／硩腰钱
• (Wu) 壓歲鈿／压岁钿