搖錢樹

Chinese

		shake; to rock	coin; money	tree
trad. (搖錢樹)		搖	錢	樹
simp. (摇钱树)		摇	钱	树

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáoqiánshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴ cin⁴ syu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iô-chîⁿ-chhiū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáoqiánshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáociánshù
    • Wade–Giles: yao²-chʻien²-shu⁴
    • Yale: yáu-chyán-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yauchyanshuh
    • Palladius: яоцяньшу (jaocjanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴ cin⁴ syu⁶
    • Yale: yìuh chìhn syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴ tsin⁴ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴ qin⁴ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹ syː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iô-chîⁿ-chhiū
    • Tâi-lô: iô-tsînn-tshiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioicvichiu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io²⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io²⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /io¹³⁻²² t͡sĩ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sĩ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu³³/

Noun

搖錢樹

1. (Chinese mythology) legendary tree which sheds coins when shaken; money tree
2. (historical) money tree, a kind of grave goods in ancient China
3. money tree (various plants in the genus Ficus, such as Ficus elastica and Ficus deltoidea)
4. (figurative) person or thing which is or can be used as a source of easy money; money-spinner; milch cow; gold mine

Derived terms

• 勤是搖錢樹，儉是聚寶盆 / 勤是摇钱树，俭是聚宝盆