紙錢

See also: 纸钱

Chinese

	paper	coin; money
trad. (紙錢)	紙	錢
simp. (纸钱)	纸	钱
anagram	錢紙／钱纸

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紙錢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhǐqián

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зычян (zɨči͡an, II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² cin⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chóa-chîⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): zua² zin⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhcián
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-chʻien²
  - Yale: jř-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyychyan
  - Palladius: чжицянь (čžicjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зычян (zɨči͡an, II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² cin⁴
  - Yale: jí chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² qin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóa-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsuá-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoafcvii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zua² zin⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuá tsîⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sua⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

Noun

紙錢

joss paper; paper made to resemble money and burned as an offering to the dead or for gods
- 新年初一日，叫他到墳上燒紙錢去，又說道：「你到墳上去，向老爹說：我年紀老了，這天氣冷，我不能親自來替親家拜年。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  新年初一日，叫他到坟上烧纸钱去，又说道：「你到坟上去，向老爹说：我年纪老了，这天气冷，我不能亲自来替亲家拜年。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Xīnnián chūyī rì, jiào tā dào fén shàng shāo zhǐqián qù, yòu shuōdào: “Nǐ dào fén shàng qù, xiàng lǎodiē shuō: wǒ niánjì lǎo le, zhè tiānqì lěng, wǒ bùnéng qīnzì lái tì qìngjiā bàinián.” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1949, “男燒衣”, in 廣東大戲考, 廣東播音界聯誼社, page 2:
  
  燒頁紙錢珠淚惡忍，三杯薄酒奠妹孤魂。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  烧页纸钱珠泪恶忍，三杯薄酒奠妹孤魂。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  siu¹ jip⁶ zi² cin⁴ zyu¹ leoi⁶ ok³ jan², saam¹ bui¹ bok⁶ zau² din⁶ mui^6-2 gu¹ wan⁴. [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(Dungan, Eastern Min) paper money; bill; note; banknote

Synonyms

(joss paper):

冥幣／冥币 (míngbì)
冥紙／冥纸
冥鈔／冥钞 (míngchāo)
冥錢／冥钱
冥鏹／冥镪 (ming⁵ koeng⁵) (Cantonese)
楮錢／楮钱 (chǔqián) (literary)
溪錢／溪钱 (kai¹ cin⁴) (Cantonese)
神紙／神纸
箔仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
紙字／纸字 (Hokkien)
紙楮／纸楮
紙紮／纸扎 (zhǐzhá)
衣紙／衣纸 (yīzhǐ)
金紙／金纸
金銀紙／金银纸 (jīnyínzhǐ)
銀紙／银纸 (Hokkien)
錢紙／钱纸 (zienn² zhr³) (Xiang)
陰司紙／阴司纸 (jam¹ si¹ zi²) (Cantonese)
陰司錢／阴司钱
鬼鈔／鬼钞 (guǐchāo)

(banknote):

Dialectal synonyms of 紙幣 (“banknote; bill”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紙幣, 鈔票, 紙鈔
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鈔票
	Taiwan	鈔票
	Ulanhot	鈔票
	Tongliao	鈔票
	Chifeng	鈔票
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鈔票
	Harbin	錢, 紙的
	Singapore	鈔票
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	票子, 鈔票, 紙幣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	紙票兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	票子
	Wanrong	票子
	Xi'an	票子
	Xining	票子
	Xuzhou	票子, 鈔票
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	紙錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	票子
	Bayanhot	錢, 鈔票
	Lanzhou	票子
	Ürümqi	票子, 沓沓子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	票子, 票兒, 鈔票, 紙幣
	Wuhan	鈔票, 票子
	Guiyang	票子
	Liuzhou	票子
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	票子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	票子, 鈔票
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	票子, 鈔票
Cantonese	Guangzhou	銀紙
	Hong Kong	銀紙
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	銀紙
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	銀紙
	Macau	銀紙
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	銀紙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	銀紙
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	銀紙
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	銀紙
	Foshan	銀紙
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	銀紙
	Foshan (Shunde)	銀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	銀紙
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	銀紙
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	銀紙
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	銀紙
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	銀紙
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	銀紙
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	銀紙
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	銀紙
	Taishan	銀紙
	Kaiping (Chikan)	銀紙
	Enping (Niujiang)	銀紙
	Heshan (Yayao)	銀紙
	Dongguan	銀紙
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	銀紙
	Shaoguan	銀紙
	Yunfu	銀紙, 錢
	Xinyi	銀紙, 錢
	Lianjiang	銀紙
	Beihai	銀紙
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	銀紙
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	銀紙
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	銀紙
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	錢, 銀紙
	Singapore (Guangfu)	銀紙
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	錢
	Móng Cái	銀紙
Gan	Nanchang	票子
	Lichuan	鈔票, 票子
	Pingxiang	票子
Hakka	Meixian	銀紙, 紙幣
	Xingning	錢
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	銀紙
	Huidong (Daling)	銀紙
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	銀紙
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	花邊
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	銀紙
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	銀紙
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	銀紙
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	銀紙
	Changting	紙票
	Wuping	紙票
	Wuping (Pingyu)	紙洋
	Liancheng	紙票
	Ninghua	紙票
	Yudu	票子
	Ruijin	紙票
	Shangyou (Shexi)	紙票
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	紙票
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	銀票
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	銀票
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	紙票
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	銀票
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	銀票
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	金票
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	紙票
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	紙票
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	紙票
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	銀票
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	銀票
	Hong Kong	銀紙
	Senai (Huiyang)	銀紙
Huizhou	Jixi	鈔票
Jin	Taiyuan	票票
	Xinzhou	票子
	Taibus (Baochang)	錢
	Linhe	票子
	Jining	鈔票
	Hohhot	錢
	Baotou	鈔票
	Dongsheng	票子
	Haibowan	錢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	票仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	紙票, 紙錢, 鈔, 錢票
Southern Min	Xiamen	紙字, 銀紙, 銀票 dated
	Quanzhou	紙字, 銀紙, 銀票 dated
	Jinjiang	紙字
	Zhangzhou	紙字
	Zhangpu	紙字仔
	Zhao'an	紙字
	Taipei	銀票
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	銀票, 鈔票
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	銀票
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	銀票
	Kaohsiung	銀票, 紙票
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	銀票
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	紙張仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	銀票
	Yilan	銀紙, 銀票, 票仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	銀票, 紙票
	Changhua (Yongjing)	銀票, 紙票
	Taichung	銀票, 紙票
	Taichung (Wuqi)	銀票
	Tainan	銀票
	Tainan (Anping)	銀票
	Taitung	銀票
	Hsinchu	銀票
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	銀票
	Kinmen	紙字
	Penghu (Magong)	銀票
	Penghu (Xiyu)	銀票, 什票
	Penang (Hokkien)	紙字
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紙字
	Manila (Hokkien)	紙字
	Guilin (Biyange)	紙票
	Chaozhou	紙字, 紙幣
	Shantou	鈔票, 紙字, 紙幣
	Shantou (Chenghai)	紙字
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	紙字
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	紙字
	Jieyang	紙字, 紙幣
	Haifeng	銀紙
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	紙字
	Singapore (Teochew)	紙字
	Pontianak (Teochew)	紙鐳
	Leizhou	銀紙
	Haikou	銀紙
	Singapore (Hainanese)	紙字
Puxian Min	Putian	紙字 dated
Puxian Min	Xianyou	紙字 dated
Central Min	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	鈔票
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	銀錢
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	銀紙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	銀紙
Wu	Shanghai	鈔票
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鈔票, 票子
	Suzhou	鈔票
	Danyang	鈔票, 票票 humorous
	Hangzhou	鈔票, 票子
	Ningbo	鈔票
	Wenzhou	鈔票
	Jinhua	鈔票
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	紙票
Xiang	Changsha	票子
Xiang	Loudi	票子

Derived terms

獻紙錢／献纸钱