食錢

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	coin; money
trad. (食錢)		食	錢
simp. (食钱)		食	钱

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ cin^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-chîⁿ

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ cin^4-2
    • Yale: sihk chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ tsin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ qin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Hsinchu, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqcvii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡sia(ʔ)³⁵⁻² t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Yilan): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁵⁻² t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² t͡sĩ²⁴/

Verb

食⫽錢 (verb-object)

1. (Southern Min) to embezzle; to be corrupt
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, of an ATM or other machines) to "swallow" banknotes or coins: to accept banknotes or coins without recognising the amount paid

Synonyms

• (to embezzle):

• 中飽／中饱 (zhōngbǎo)
• 歪哥 (wāigē) (Taiwan)
• 貪／贪 (tān)
• 貪污／贪污 (tānwū)
• 貪墨／贪墨 (tānmò) (literary)

 

• (to swallow banknotes or coins): 吞錢／吞钱

Derived terms

• 食錢官／食钱官

 

See also

• 吃錢／吃钱