揮金如土

Chinese

		scatter; wield; wipe away	metal; gold; money	as (if); such as	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (揮金如土)		揮	金	如	土
simp. (挥金如土)		挥	金	如	土

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huījīnrútǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹ gam¹ jyu⁴ tou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huījīnrútǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hueijinrútǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹-chin¹-ju²-tʻu³
    • Yale: hwēi-jīn-rú-tǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueijinrutuu
    • Palladius: хуэйцзиньжуту (xuejczinʹžutu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai¹ gam¹ jyu⁴ tou²
    • Yale: fāi gām yùh tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹ gam¹ jy⁴ tou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹ gem¹ yu⁴ tou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/

Idiom

揮金如土

1. to spend money like water; to spend money extravagantly

Synonyms

• 揮霍無度／挥霍无度 (huīhuòwúdù)