A錢
Chinese
editphonetic | coin; money | ||
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trad. (A錢) | A | 錢 | |
simp. (A钱) | A | 钱 | |
alternative forms | 挨錢/挨钱 |
Etymology
editOriginally Hokkien 挨錢/挨钱 (e-chîⁿ).
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄟ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: eicián
- Wade–Giles: ei1-chʻien2
- Yale: ēi-chyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eichyan
- Palladius: эйцянь (ejcjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: aicián
- Wade–Giles: ai1-chʻien2
- Yale: āi-chyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aichyan
- Palladius: айцянь (ajcjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e-chîⁿ
- Tâi-lô: e-tsînn
- Phofsit Daibuun: ecvii
- IPA (Taipei): /e⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /e⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sĩ²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Verb
editA錢
- (Taiwan) to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain; to fish in troubled waters