壓歲錢

See also: 压岁钱

Chinese

		to give children money or auspicious items during the Chinese New Year, originally intended to help dispel evil spirits	coin; money
trad. (壓歲錢)		壓歲	錢
simp. (压岁钱)		压岁	钱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yāsuìqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): niǎsuīqian

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³ seoi³ cin⁴ / aat³ seoi³ cin^4-2
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'ngat⁶ sui⁴ qien²
• Jin (Wiktionary): iah⁴ sui³ qie¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ap-sòe-chîⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāsuìqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yasuèicián
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-sui⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: yā-swèi-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iasueychyan
    • Palladius: ясуйцянь (jasujcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: niǎsuīqian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nia²¹ suei⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiã/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aat³ seoi³ cin⁴ / aat³ seoi³ cin^4-2
    • Yale: aat seui chìhn / aat seui chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸ soey³ tsin⁴ / aat⁸ soey³ tsin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ad³ sêu³ qin⁴ / ad³ sêu³ qin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːt̚³ sɵy̯³³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/, /aːt̚³ sɵy̯³³ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'ngat⁶ sui⁴ qien²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈŋat̚⁵ sui³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: iah⁴ sui³ qie¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /iaʔ² suei⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰie¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ap-sòe-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ap-suè-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: apsoeacvii
    • IPA (Taipei): /ap̚³²⁻⁴ sue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ap̚³²⁻⁴ sue²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sĩ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ap̚³²⁻⁴ sue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/

Noun

壓歲錢

1. money given to children during the Chinese New Year, usually in a red envelope

Synonyms

• (dialectal) 壓腰錢／压腰钱 (yāyāoqián)

Dialectal synonyms of 壓歲錢 (“money given to children during the Chinese New Year, usually in a red envelope”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		壓歲錢
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	壓歲錢, 帶歲錢 used by Hui Muslims
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	磕頭錢, 壓歲錢
	Xi'an	壓歲錢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	押歲錢
Gan	Nanchang	壓歲錢, 夾歲錢
	Lichuan	摘歲錢
	Pingxiang	笮歲錢
Hakka	Yudu	矺歲錢
Huizhou	Jixi	壓歲錢, 安歲錢
Jin	Taiyuan	壓歲錢
	Xinzhou	磕頭錢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	墜歲錢, 生帶錢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	硩歲錢
Southern Min	Tainan	硩年錢 GT
	Jieyang	硩腰錢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	壓歲錢
Wu	Shanghai	壓歲鈿
	Suzhou	壓歲鈿
	Danyang	守歲錢
	Hangzhou	壓歲鈿
	Wenzhou	壓歲包
	Jinhua	壓歲包
Xiang	Loudi	捱歲錢