掏腰包

Chinese

		fish out (from pocket)	small bag; pouch; wallet small bag; pouch; wallet; how much money one has; one's budget or income
trad. (掏腰包)		掏	腰包
simp. ^#(掏腰包)		掏	腰包

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tāo yāobāo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠㄧㄠㄅㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ jiu¹ baau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tāo yāobāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠㄧㄠㄅㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tao yaobao
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao¹ yao¹-pao¹
  - Yale: tāu yāu-bāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tau iaubau
  - Palladius: тао яобао (tao jaobao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ jiu¹ baau¹
  - Yale: tòuh yīu bāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ jiu¹ baau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ yiu¹ bao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ jiːu̯⁵⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

掏⫽腰包 (verb-object)

to pay out of pocket
to steal from people’s pockets; to pickpocket; to pilfer

Synonyms

(to pay):

予鐳／予镭 (Hokkien)
交付 (jiāofù)
付 (fù)
付出 (fùchū)
付款 (fùkuǎn)
付鈔票／付钞票 (Wu)
付錢／付钱 (fùqián)
出錢／出钱 (chūqián)
把拉 (Hokkien)
挺分 (⁵thin-fen) (Shanghainese, slang)
挺張／挺张 (⁵thin-tsan) (Wu)
支付 (zhīfù)
支出 (zhīchū)
畀錢／畀钱 (bei² cin^4-2) (Cantonese)
繳／缴
自掏腰包 (zì tāo yāobāo) (to pay out of one's own pocket)
還錢／还钱 (huánqián) (Malaysia, Singapore)

(to steal from people's pockets): 扒竊／扒窃 (páqiè)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to pay”):

收入 (shōurù)

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