散錢

Chinese

		adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose	coin; money
trad. (散錢)		散	錢
simp. (散钱)		散	钱

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎnqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan² cin^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sóaⁿ-chîⁿ / sòaⁿ-chîⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎnqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎncián
    • Wade–Giles: san³-chʻien²
    • Yale: sǎn-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saanchyan
    • Palladius: саньцянь (sanʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan² cin^4-2
    • Yale: sáan chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan² tsin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: san² qin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóaⁿ-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: suánn-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoafcvii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /suã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòaⁿ-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: suànn-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoarcvii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ¹³/

Noun

散錢

1. loose change; small sum of money

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 零錢 (“banknotes of small value or coins”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		散錢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		零錢
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	零錢
	Harbin	零錢
	Singapore	散錢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	零票兒
	Jinan	零錢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	零錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	零錢
	Xi'an	零錢
	Xining	零錢
	Xuzhou	零錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	零票子, 零錢
	Lanzhou	零錢
	Ürümqi	零錢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	零錢
	Wuhan	零錢
	Guiyang	零錢
	Liuzhou	散錢, 散票, 散紙, 小紙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	零錢
	Yangzhou	零頭錢, 零頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	散紙, 碎紙, 散銀, 碎銀
	Hong Kong	散紙, 碎銀, 散銀, 碎紙
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	散銀
	Macau	散紙
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	散紙, 碎紙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	濕碎錢
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	碎紙
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	碎錢, 散紙
	Foshan	散紙, 碎紙
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	散紙
	Foshan (Shunde)	散紙
	Foshan (Sanshui)	濕碎錢
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	零頭錢
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	散紙
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	散紙
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	散使
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	散使
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	散使錢
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	散使
	Taishan	散紙, 碎銀, 碎紙, 散使
	Kaiping (Chikan)	散紙, 碎紙, 散使
	Enping (Niujiang)	散使
	Heshan (Yayao)	濕碎錢
	Dongguan	散紙, 碎紙
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	散紙
Gan	Nanchang	零錢
	Lichuan	零仔
	Pingxiang	零錢
Hakka	Meixian	零錢, 細錢, 散紙, 碎紙
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	散紙
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	散紙
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	散紙
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	散紙
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	散紙
	Yudu	零錢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	零錢, 零星錢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	零錢, 零星錢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	零錢, 零星錢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	零錢, 零星錢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	零錢, 零星錢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	零星錢
Huizhou	Jixi	零散
Jin	Taiyuan	零錢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	零錢, 碎錢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碎錢, 碎票
Southern Min	Xiamen	零星, 散錢, 占找, 角仔, 散占散角, 散占, 小票
	Quanzhou	零星, 散錢, 散占散角, 散占
	Jinjiang	散錢
	Zhangzhou	零星, 散錢, 占找, 散占散角, 散占
	Tainan	零星錢, 散票
	Penang (Hokkien)	散鐳, 零星
	Singapore (Hokkien)	零星
	Manila (Hokkien)	散錢
	Shantou	碎紙, 散紙
	Jieyang	碎紙, 碎銀
	Puning	碎紙, 碎錢
	Leizhou	散紙
	Haikou	零錢, 零碎錢
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	散紙, 散錢
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	散紙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	零錢, 散紙, 散錢
Wu	Shanghai	零碎銅鈿, 零碎鈔票, 碎鈔票, 零碎, 零頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小鈔票, 零碎銅鈿
	Suzhou	零碎銅鈿, 砂殼子
	Danyang	零頭
	Hangzhou	零碎銅鈿
	Ningbo	零碎銅鈿, 零碎鈔票
	Wenzhou	零碎, 零碎鈔票
Xiang	Changsha	零錢, 散票子
	Loudi	零錢子, 零錢

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sànqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan³ cin^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sànqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sàncián
    • Wade–Giles: san⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: sàn-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sannchyan
    • Palladius: саньцянь (sanʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan³ cin^4-2
    • Yale: saan chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan³ tsin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: san³ qin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn³³ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

散錢

1. (literary) to donate money