食錢

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	coin; money
trad. (食錢)		食	錢
simp. (食钱)		食	钱

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ cin^4-2
Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h-chîⁿ

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ cin^4-2
  - Yale: sihk chín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ tsin^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ qin^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Hsinchu, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqcvii
  - IPA (Yilan): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁵⁻² t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕĩ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Lukang): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)³⁵⁻² t͡ɕĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Tainan): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/

Verb

食錢

(Min Nan) to embezzle; to be corrupt
(Hong Kong Cantonese, of an ATM) to "devour" banknotes: to mutilate banknotes

Synonyms

(to embezzle):

歪哥 (wāigē) (Taiwan)
中飽／中饱 (zhōngbǎo)
貪／贪 (tān)

貪墨／贪墨 (tānmò) (literary)
貪污／贪污 (tānwū)

Derived terms

食錢官／食钱官

See also

吃錢／吃钱

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