燒錢

Chinese

		to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever	coin; money
trad. (燒錢)		燒	錢
simp. (烧钱)		烧	钱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāoqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ cin^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāoqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shaocián
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹-chʻien²
    • Yale: shāu-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shauchyan
    • Palladius: шаоцянь (šaocjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ cin^4-2
    • Yale: sīu chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ tsin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ qin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

燒錢

1. (literal) to burn paper money
2. (figurative) to waste a lot of money on unnecessary things; to roll out the cash