壓腰錢

See also: 压腰钱

Chinese

			coin; money
trad. (壓腰錢)		壓腰	錢
simp. (压腰钱)		压腰	钱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāyāoqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāyāoqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄧㄠ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yayaocián
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-yao¹-chʻien²
    • Yale: yā-yāu-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iaiauchyan
    • Palladius: яяоцянь (jajaocjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

Noun

壓腰錢

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

Synonyms

• 壓歲錢／压岁钱 (yāsuìqián)
• (dialectal) 壓腰錢／压腰钱 (yāyāoqián)
• (Northern Min) 墜歲錢／坠岁钱, 生帶錢／生带钱
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 硩年錢／硩年钱, 硩腰錢／硩腰钱
• (Wu) 壓歲鈿／压岁钿