冥鈔

Chinese

		dark; deep	money; paper money
trad. (冥鈔)		冥	鈔
simp. (冥钞)		冥	钞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngchāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵ caau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-chhau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngchāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngchao
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-chʻao¹
    • Yale: míng-chāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingchau
    • Palladius: минчао (minčao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁵ caau¹
    • Yale: míhng chāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵ tsaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵ cao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³ t͡sʰaːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chhau
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-tshau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengzhaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁴⁴/

Noun

冥鈔

1. paper made to resemble banknotes and burned for the dead; hell money

Synonyms

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• 冥幣 / 冥币 (míngbì)
• 冥紙 / 冥纸
• 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)
• 紙錢 / 纸钱 (zhǐqián)
• 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)