閹錢

Chinese

		castrate	coin; money
trad. (閹錢)		閹	錢
simp. (阉钱)		阉	钱

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): iam-chîⁿ

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: iam-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iamcvii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iam³³ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕĩ¹³/

Verb

閹錢

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to fork out (money reluctantly); to cough up (money); to pay
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to extort money

Synonyms

(to fork out): 掏錢／掏钱 (tāoqián)
(to extort money):

勒索 (lèsuǒ)
敲 (qiāo) (colloquial)
敲剝／敲剥 (Min Nan)
敲竹槓／敲竹杠 (qiāo zhúgàng)

敲詐／敲诈 (qiāozhà)
訛／讹 (é)
訛詐／讹诈 (ézhà)

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