財源滾滾

Chinese

		financial resources; source of revenue	rolling along; billowing; churning
trad. (財源滾滾)		財源	滾滾
simp. (财源滚滚)		财源	滚滚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáiyuángǔngǔn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ jyun⁴ gwan² gwan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáiyuángǔngǔn [Phonetic: cáiyuángúngǔn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáiyuángǔngǔn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-yüan²-kun³-kun³
    • Yale: tsái-ywán-gwǔn-gwǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairyuangoengoen
    • Palladius: цайюаньгуньгунь (cajjuanʹgunʹgunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ jyun⁴ gwan² gwan²
    • Yale: chòih yùhn gwán gwán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ jyn⁴ gwan² gwan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ yun⁴ guen² guen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ jyːn²¹ kʷɐn³⁵ kʷɐn³⁵/

Idiom

財源滾滾

1. money or profits roll in; to rake it in

Usage notes

Used as a greeting for Chinese New Year. However, some working class people may consider this phrase as unlucky because 財源／财源 (cáiyuán) is homophonous to 裁員／裁员 (cáiyuán, “layoff”).