支票

Chinese

		(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money	bank note; ticket
trad. (支票)		支	票
simp. #(支票)		支	票

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīpiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄆㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ piu³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂-peu / chṳ̂-pêu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chi-phiò / ki-phiò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zin¹ piê³ / zin¹ pio³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīpiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄆㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihpiào
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-pʻiao⁴
    • Yale: jr̄-pyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jypiaw
    • Palladius: чжипяо (čžipjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ piu³
    • Yale: jī piu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ piu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ piu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ pʰiːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-peu / chṳ̂-pêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˊ beu / zii^ˊ beu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹ beu⁴ / zi¹ beu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ peu̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ peu̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-phiò
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-phiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciphioix
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰio¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡si³³ pʰio⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² pʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɤ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-phiò
    • Tâi-lô: ki-phiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiphioix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² pʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ki³³ pʰio⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zin¹ piê³ / zin¹ pio³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiⁿ phiè / tsiⁿ phiò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩ³³⁻²³ pʰie²¹³/, /t͡sĩ³³⁻²³ pʰio²¹³/

Note:

• zin1 piê3 - Chaozhou;
• zin1 pio3 - Shantou, Jieyang.

Noun

支票

1. cheque (draft directing a bank to pay money); check (Classifier: 張／张 m c mn; 條／条 c)

   開支票／开支票  ―  kāi zhīpiào  ―  to write a cheque

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 支票 (“cheque”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		支票
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	支票
	Singapore	支票
Cantonese	Guangzhou	支票, 則紙
	Hong Kong	支票, cheque
	Rongxian	支票
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	支票, cheque
	Betong (Rongxian)	cheque
Hakka	Meixian	支票
	Jiexi	支票
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	支票
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	支票
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	支票
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	支票
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	支票
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	支票, 錢票
Southern Min	Xiamen	支票
	Quanzhou	支票
	Zhangzhou	支票
	Zhao'an	支票
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	支票, 手形
	Tainan (Anping)	支票, 手形
	Penang (Hokkien)	cheque
	Manila (Hokkien)	cheque, 支票
	Chaozhou	支票
	Bangkok (Teochew)	支票, cheque
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	銀行票, cheque
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	cheque
Wu	Hangzhou	支票

Derived terms

• 人頭支票／人头支票
• 劃線支票／划线支票 (huàxiàn zhīpiào)
• 平行線支票／平行线支票
• 支票機／支票机
• 支票簿 (zhīpiàobù)
• 旅行支票 (lǚxíng zhīpiào)
• 空頭支票／空头支票
• 軋支票／轧支票
• 遠期支票／远期支票

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (支票):

• → Vietnamese: chi phiếu (支票)

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #1066”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.