橫財

Chinese

		unruly; horizontal; across unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)	money; wealth; riches money; wealth; riches; property; valuables
trad. (橫財)		橫	財
simp. (横财)		横	财

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hèngcái, héngcái

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˋ ㄘㄞˊ, ㄏㄥˊ ㄘㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waang⁴ coi⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vàng-chhòi

(Hailu, HRS): vang coi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoâiⁿ-châi / hûiⁿ-châi / hôaⁿ-châi / hêng-châi / hn̂g-châi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hèngcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˋ ㄘㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hèngcái
  - Wade–Giles: hêng⁴-tsʻai²
  - Yale: hèng-tsái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: henqtsair
  - Palladius: хэнцай (xɛncaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héngcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄘㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héngcái
  - Wade–Giles: hêng²-tsʻai²
  - Yale: héng-tsái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herngtsair
  - Palladius: хэнцай (xɛncaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waang⁴ coi⁴
  - Yale: wàahng chòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waang⁴ tsoi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wang⁴ coi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vàng-chhòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: vang^ˇ coi^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vang² coi²
  - Sinological IPA: /vaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vang coi
  - Sinological IPA: /vaŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâiⁿ-châi
  - Tâi-lô: huâinn-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvoaizaai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huãi²³⁻³³ t͡sai²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huãi²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûiⁿ-châi
  - Tâi-lô: huînn-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvuizaai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôaⁿ-châi
  - Tâi-lô: huânn-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvoazaai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huã¹³⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-châi
  - Tâi-lô: hîng-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengzaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hn̂g-châi
  - Tâi-lô: hn̂g-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hngzaai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hŋ̍²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/

Noun

橫財

ill-gotten gains; money accumulated inadvertently or via illegal means

橫財

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

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