西紙

Chinese

		west	paper
trad. (西紙)		西	紙
simp. (西纸)		西	纸

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ zi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sai¹ zi²
    • Yale: sāi jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 篩子 / 筛子 西紙 / 西纸

Noun

西紙

1. (Cantonese, dated in Guangzhou) foreign currency

   • 大疊水，週身西紙刮咗粗龍 [Cantonese, trad.]
     大叠水，周身西纸刮咗粗龙 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 胡文森 (lyricist), 《詐肚痛》

     daai⁶ daap⁶ seoi², zau¹ san¹ sai¹ zi² gwaat³ zo² cou¹ lung^4-2 [Jyutping]

     Filthy rich, foreign cash all over, made big money

2. (Cantonese, dated) Hong Kong dollar

Synonyms

• (foreign currency): 外幣／外币 (wàibì); (Hakka) 番銀／番银 (fānyín)

Dialectal synonyms of 港幣 (“Hong Kong dollar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		港幣, 港元, 港圓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	港紙 argot, 港子 argot
	Taiwan	港幣
	Singapore	港幣
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	港紙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	港紙, 香港紙, 鹹龍 dated, 鹹水 dated, 西紙 dated
	Hong Kong	港幣, 港紙, 港銀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	港紙
	Macau	港紙, 港幣
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	港紙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	港紙
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	港紙
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	港紙, 鹹龍
	Foshan	港紙
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	港紙
	Foshan (Shunde)	港紙
	Foshan (Sanshui)	港紙
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	港紙
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	港紙
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	港紙
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	港紙
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	港紙
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	港紙, 鹹龍
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	港紙
	Taishan	港紙, 鹹龍, 港幣
	Kaiping (Chikan)	港紙, 鹹龍
	Enping (Niujiang)	港紙, 鹹龍
	Heshan (Yayao)	港紙
	Dongguan	港紙, 鹹龍 dated
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	港紙
Hakka	Meixian	港紙
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	港紙, 鹹龍 dated
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	港紙
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	港幣
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	港紙
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	港紙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	港幣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	港幣
Southern Min	Xiamen	港紙, 港幣
	Quanzhou	港幣
	Zhangzhou	港紙, 港幣
	Tainan	港票
	Singapore (Hokkien)	香港鐳
	Manila (Hokkien)	港幣
	Shantou	港紙
	Haifeng	港紙
	Wenchang	港幣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	港紙, 港幣