發錢寒

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	coin; money	cold; chill
trad. (發錢寒)		發	錢	寒
simp. (发钱寒)		发	钱	寒
Literally: “to get the money chills”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ cin^4-2 hon⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ cin^4-2 hon⁴
    • Yale: faat chín hòhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ tsin^4-2 hon⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ qin^4-2 hon⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵ hɔːn²¹/

Verb

發錢寒

1. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect) to be obsessed with money

   • 其實開捽數大會嘅主要原因，好明顯係因為老細發錢寒到一個地步要搵人發洩一下。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     其实开捽数大会嘅主要原因，好明显系因为老细发钱寒到一个地步要揾人发泄一下。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, Derek Ng; Michael Leung, 《我做媽劇停》, Hong Kong: 非凡出版, →ISBN, page 118

     kei⁴ sat⁶ hoi¹ cyut³ sou³ daai⁶ wui^6-2 ge³ zyu² jiu³ jyun⁴ jan¹, hou² ming⁴ hin² hai⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ lou⁵ sai³ faat³ cin^4-2 hon⁴ dou³ jat¹ go³ dei⁶ bou⁶ jiu³ wan² jan⁴ faat³ sit³ jat¹ haa⁵. [Jyutping]

     Actually, the main reason for holding quota meetings is obviously that the boss is obsessed with money to a point that they have to get someone to vent on a little.

Synonyms

• 財迷心竅／财迷心窍 (cáimíxīnqiào)
• 貪財／贪财 (tāncái)