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
Southern Min (Hokkien, 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/
Southern Min
- (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 (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Lukang): /t͡sia(ʔ)³⁵⁻² t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Tainan): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Yilan): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁵⁻² t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² t͡sĩ²⁴/

Verb

食⫽錢 (verb-object)

(Southern Min) to embezzle; to be corrupt
(Hong Kong Cantonese, of an ATM or other machines) to "swallow" banknotes or coins: to accept banknotes or coins without recognising the amount paid

Synonyms

(to embezzle):

中飽／中饱 (zhōngbǎo)
歪哥 (wāigē) (Taiwan)
貪／贪 (tān)
貪污／贪污 (tānwū)
貪墨／贪墨 (tānmò) (literary)

(to swallow banknotes or coins): 吞錢／吞钱

Derived terms

食錢官／食钱官

See also

吃錢／吃钱

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