棋盤箔

Chinese

		chessboard; large square sheets of foil-paper, burnt to idols.	bamboo screen; door screen; metal foil bamboo screen; door screen; metal foil; leaf; sheet; tinsel
trad. (棋盤箔)		棋盤	箔
simp. (棋盘箔)		棋盘	箔

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): gì-buàng-bŏ̤h

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gì-buàng-bŏ̤h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³⁻³³ ^(p-)βuaŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(p-)moʔ⁵/

Noun

棋盤箔

1. (Eastern Min) large square sheets of foil-paper, burnt to idols.

Synonyms

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• 元寶 / 元宝 (nguòng-bō̤) (Eastern Min)
• 冥幣 / 冥币 (míngbì)
• 冥紙 / 冥纸
• 冥鈔 / 冥钞 (míngchāo)
• 冥錢 / 冥钱
• 冥鏹 / 冥镪 (ming⁵ koeng⁵) (Cantonese)
• 棋盤 / 棋盘 (gì-buàng) (Eastern Min)
• 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)

References

• (Eastern Min) R. S. Maclay, C. C. Baldwin, S. H. Leger (1929) Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect‎^[1], 3 edition, page 646