葡幣

Chinese

		Portugal	money; coins; currency
trad. (葡幣)		葡	幣
simp. (葡币)		葡	币

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Púbì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ bai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Púbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Púbì
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻu²-pi⁴
    • Yale: Pú-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pwubih
    • Palladius: Пуби (Pubi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴ bai⁶
    • Yale: pòuh baih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ bai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ bei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ pɐi̯²²/

Noun

葡幣

1. (Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong) Macanese pataca

Usage notes

Although this term literally means “Portuguese currency”, it only refers to Macanese patacas. Portuguese escudos are referred to as 埃斯庫多 / 埃斯库多 (āisīkùduō) in Mandarin or 士姑度 (si⁶ gu¹ dou⁶) in Cantonese instead, which are both directly borrowed from Portuguese.

Synonyms

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• 澳元 (àoyuán)
• 澳幣 / 澳币 (àobì)
• 澳門元 / 澳门元 (Àoményuán)
• 澳門圓 / 澳门圆 (Àoményuán)
• 澳門幣 / 澳门币 (Àoménbì)
• 葡紙 / 葡纸 (pou4 zi2) (Cantonese)