A貨

Chinese

			goods; money; commodity
trad. (A貨)		A	貨
simp. (A货)		A	货

Etymology

Originally jargon for classification of jade.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēi-huò

  (Zhuyin): ㄟ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ei¹ fo³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹e-hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: A-huò
    • Zhuyin: ㄟ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: eihuò
    • Wade–Giles: ei¹-huo⁴
    • Yale: ēi-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eihuoh
    • Palladius: эйхо (ejxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ei¹ fo³
    • Yale: ēi fo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ei¹ fo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: éi¹ fo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei̯⁵⁵ fɔː³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹e-hu
    • MiniDict: e^平 hu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹e-hu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /e⁵⁵ hu²¹/

Noun

A貨

1. quality product; first-class product
2. (ironic) counterfeit product

Synonyms

• (counterfeit product): 冒牌貨／冒牌货 (màopáihuò), 山寨 (shānzhài)