銀角仔

Chinese

		coin	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (銀角仔)		銀角	仔
simp. (银角仔)		银角	仔

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiùn-kok-é
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûn-kak-á / gîn-kak-á

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiùn-kok-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiunˇ gog` e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiun² gog⁵ e³
    • Sinological IPA (Northern, incl. Miaoli): /ŋi̯un¹¹ kok̚² e³¹⁻¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Southern, incl. Meinong): /ŋi̯un¹¹ kok̚² e³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûn-kak-á
    • Tâi-lô: gûn-kak-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gunkak'ar
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ kak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² kak̚⁵⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² kak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gîn-kak-á
    • Tâi-lô: gîn-kak-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ginkak'ar
    • IPA (Yilan): /ɡin²⁴⁻³³ kak̚²⁻⁵ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /ɡin²⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡin¹³⁻²² kak̚³²⁻⁵ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡin²³⁻³³ kak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴¹/

Noun

銀角仔

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) small-denomination coin (representing a jiao or ten cents)
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) coin (originally a copper or silver coin, but now usually any coin in general)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 硬幣 (“coin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		硬幣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	銅板, 硬幣
	Singapore	銀角
Cantonese	Guangzhou	銀仔
	Hong Kong	銀仔, 銀, coins
	Taishan	銀仔
	Dongguan	銀仔
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	銀角仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	銀角仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	銀角仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	銀角
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	銀角
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	銀角
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	銀角仔
Southern Min	Tainan	銀角仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	角仔

Further reading

• “Entry #10914”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.