討錢

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	coin; money
trad. (討錢)		討	錢
simp. (讨钱)		讨	钱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎoqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thó-chhièn

  (Hailu, HRS): to^ˊ cien

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-chîⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎoqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎocián
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao³-chʻien²
    • Yale: tǎu-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taochyan
    • Palladius: таоцянь (taocjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: to^ˋ qien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to³ qian²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: to^ˊ cien
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰien⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thó-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toycvii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²³/

Verb

討錢

1. to demand the payment of one's debt
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to ask for money

References

• “Entry #6776”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.