銀角仔

Chinese

		coin	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (銀角仔)		銀角	仔
simp. (银角仔)		银角	仔

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiùn-kok-é

  (Hailu, HRS): ngiun gog er

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûn-kak-á / gîn-kak-á

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiùn-kok-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiun^ˇ gog^ˋ e^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiun² gog⁵ e³
    • Sinological IPA (Northern, incl. Miaoli): /ŋi̯un¹¹ kok̚² e³¹⁻¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Southern, incl. Neipu): /ŋi̯un¹¹ kok̚² e³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiun gog er
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiun⁵⁵ kok⁵⁻² ə⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûn-kak-á
    • Tâi-lô: gûn-kak-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gunkak'ar
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ kak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² kak̚⁵⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² kak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gîn-kak-á
    • Tâi-lô: gîn-kak-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ginkak'ar
    • IPA (Yilan): /ɡin²⁴⁻³³ kak̚²⁻⁵ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /ɡin²⁴⁻³³ kak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡin¹³⁻²² kak̚³²⁻⁵ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡin²³⁻³³ kak̚³²⁻⁴ a⁴¹/

Noun

銀角仔

1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) small-denomination coin (representing a jiao or ten cents)
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) coin (originally a copper or silver coin, but now usually any coin in general)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 硬幣 (“coin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		硬幣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	銅板, 硬幣
	Singapore	銀角
Cantonese	Guangzhou	銀仔
	Hong Kong	銀仔, 銀, coins
	Taishan	銀仔
	Dongguan	銀仔
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	零角仔
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	銀角仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	銀角仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	銀角仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	銀角仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	銅錢
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	銀角仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	銀角仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	銀角
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	銀角
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	銀角, 銀角子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	銀角仔
Southern Min	Zhao'an	銅片, 銅錢, 鎳幣
	Taipei	銀角仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	銀角仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	銅仙
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	銀角仔, 銅仙
	Kaohsiung	銀角仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	銀角仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	銀角仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	銀角仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	銀角仔
	Yilan	銀角仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	銀角仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	銀角仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	銀仔角
	Changhua (Yongjing)	銀角仔
	Taichung	銀仔角
	Tainan	銀角仔
	Tainan (Anping)	銀角仔
	Hsinchu	銅仙錢仔
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	銀角仔
	Kinmen	鐳
	Penghu (Magong)	鐳
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鐳
	Singapore (Hokkien)	盾囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	角仔

Further reading

• “Entry #10914”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.