燒錢

Chinese

		to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever	coin; money
trad. (燒錢)		燒	錢
simp. (烧钱)		烧	钱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāoqián

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ cin^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāoqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shaocián
  - Wade–Giles: shao¹-chʻien²
  - Yale: shāu-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shauchyan
  - Palladius: шаоцянь (šaocjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu¹ cin^4-2
  - Yale: sīu chín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ tsin^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ qin^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

燒錢

(literal) to burn paper money
(figurative) to waste a lot of money on unnecessary things; to roll out the cash

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