外快

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	fast; quick; swift
trad. (外快)		外	快
simp. #(外快)		外	快
Literally: “outside money”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàikuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ faai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-khoài
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶nga-khua

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàikuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàikuài
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: wài-kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: waykuay
    • Palladius: вайкуай (vajkuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ faai³
    • Yale: ngoih faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ faai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ fai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² faːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-khoài
    • Tâi-lô: guā-khuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxqoaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² kʰuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kʰuai²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶nga-khua
    • MiniDict: nga^去 khua
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nga-khua
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋa²² kʰua⁴⁴/

Noun

外快

1. (finance, accounting, business, colloquial) extra income; extra money earned on the side; fringe benefits

Synonyms

• 外財／外财 (wàicái)
• 零錢／零钱 (língqián)
• (Mainland China) 活錢／活钱 (huóqián)
• (Hakka, Eastern Min, Hokkien) 外水

• 來項／来项 (láixiàng) (colloquial)
• 入息 (jap⁶ sik¹) (Hong Kong Cantonese, Singapore Hokkien)
• 外水 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 外水錢／外水钱 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 外路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 外路仔 (Hokkien)
• 所得 (suǒdé)
• 收入 (shōurù)
• 收支 (shōuzhī) (income and expenses)
• 收益 (shōuyì)
• 營收／营收 (yíngshōu) (of an enterprise)
• 進款／进款 (jìnkuǎn) (colloquial)
• 進益／进益 (jìnyì) (formal)
• 進項／进项 (jìnxiàng) (colloquial)
• 零錢／零钱 (língqián) (extra money earned on the side)