財仔

Chinese

		money; wealth; riches money; wealth; riches; property; valuables	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (財仔)		財	仔
simp. (财仔)		财	仔

Etymology

Short for 財務公司／财务公司 + 仔 (zai²).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ zai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ zai²
    • Yale: chòih jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

財仔

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) money lending company

   借財仔／借财仔 [Cantonese]  ―  ze³ coi⁴ zai² [Jyutping]  ―  to borrow money from finance companies