銀兩

Chinese

		silver; money	tael
trad. (銀兩/銀両)		銀	兩/両
simp. (银两)		银	两

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yínliǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ loeng^5-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiùn-liông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûn-niú / gîn-nió͘ / gîn-niú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínliǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yínliǎng
    • Wade–Giles: yin²-liang³
    • Yale: yín-lyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynleang
    • Palladius: иньлян (inʹljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngan⁴ loeng^5-2
    • Yale: ngàhn léung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ loeng^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ lêng^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ lœːŋ¹³⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiùn-liông
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiunˇ liong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiun² liong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯un¹¹ li̯oŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûn-niú
    • Tâi-lô: gûn-niú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gunniuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² niũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ niũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² niũ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gîn-nió͘
    • Tâi-lô: gîn-nióo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡin¹³⁻²² niɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /ɡin²⁴⁻³³ niɔ̃⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gîn-niú
    • Tâi-lô: gîn-niú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ginniuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡin²³⁻³³ niũ⁴¹/

Noun

銀兩

1. silver (used as a currency)
2. (Cantonese; Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) money

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 錢 (“money”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		錢, 幣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錢, 鈔, 金錢, 錢財
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	錢, 錢兒
	Taiwan	錢
	Malaysia	錢
	Singapore	錢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	錢
	Jinan	錢, 票子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	錢兒, 金錢, 錢財
	Wanrong	錢
	Xi'an	錢, 尕
	Xining	錢
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	尕
	Ürümqi	麻卡爾
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	錢, 數數
	Wuhan	錢, 角子
	Kunming	錢兒
	Guilin	錢
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	錢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鈔票
	Yangzhou	錢, 鈔票
	Hefei	錢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錢, 銀, 銀紙, 水
	Hong Kong	錢, 銀, 銀紙, 水, 錢銀, 鐳 slang, 銀兩
	Macau	錢
	Taishan	錢, 銀, 銀紙, 鐳
	Taishan (Guanghai)	錢
	Yangjiang	錢
	Beihai	銀紙
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	錢
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	錢
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	錢
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鐳
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鐳, 錢
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	錢, 鐳, tiền, 銀紙
	Móng Cái	錢, tiền
	Mandalay (Taishan)	錢, 鐳
Gan	Nanchang	錢
	Lichuan	錢
	Pingxiang	錢
Hakka	Meixian	錢
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	水, 沙水, 沙
	Changting	錢
	Wuping	錢
	Liancheng	錢
	Ninghua	錢
	Yudu	錢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	錢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	錢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	錢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	錢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	錢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	錢
	Kuching (Hepo)	鐳
Huizhou	Jixi	鈔票, 洋錢
Jin	Taiyuan	錢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	錢
	Songxi	錢
	Zhenghe	錢
	Jianyang	錢
	Wuyishan	錢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	錢
	Fuzhou (Changle)	錢
	Lianjiang	錢
	Fuqing	錢
	Pingtan	錢
	Yongtai	錢
	Minqing	錢
	Gutian	錢
	Pingnan	錢
	Luoyuan	錢
	Fu'an	錢
	Ningde	錢
	Xiapu	錢
	Zherong	錢
	Shouning	錢
	Zhouning	錢
	Fuding	錢
	Singapore (Fuqing)	錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	錢, 鐳, 銀紙, 錢銀, 銀兩
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	錢, 鐳
	Quanzhou	錢, 鐳, 銀紙, 錢銀, 銀兩
	Jinjiang	錢
	Nan'an	錢
	Shishi	錢
	Hui'an	錢
	Anxi	錢
	Yongchun	錢
	Dehua	錢
	Zhangzhou	錢, 鐳, 阿字仔, 錢銀, 銀兩
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	錢
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	錢
	Hua'an	鐳
	Nanjing	鐳, 銀
	Pinghe	錢
	Zhangpu	錢
	Yunxiao	鐳
	Zhao'an	錢, 鐳
	Dongshan	錢, 鐳
	Taipei	錢
	Kinmen	錢
	Penang (Hokkien)	鐳, 錢, 銀
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鐳, 錢, 銀
	Manila (Hokkien)	錢
	Longyan	錢
	Zhangping	鐳
	Datian	錢
	Guilin (Biyange)	錢
	Chaozhou	鐳, 銀
	Shantou	錢, 銀
	Shantou (Chenghai)	鐳, 銀
	Jieyang	鐳, 銀
	Haifeng	錢
	Phnom Penh (Teochew)	鐳
	Singapore (Teochew)	鐳, 錢
	Batam (Teochew)	鐳, 錢
	Pontianak (Teochew)	鐳
	Leizhou	錢
	Wenchang	錢
	Singapore (Hainanese)	錢
Puxian Min	Putian	錢
	Xianyou	錢
Central Min	Yong'an	錢
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	錢
	Sanming (Shaxian)	錢
	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	錢
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	錢, 龍錢, 票兒
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	錢
Wu	Shanghai	鈔票, 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 老洋, 板板, 血 figuratively, 分 slang, 米 slang
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鈔票, 銅鈿
	Suzhou	鈔票, 銅鈿, 票子
	Wuxi	鈔票, 銅錢
	Danyang	銅錢, 銅, 洋錢, 錢, 鈔票
	Hangzhou	鈔票, 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 農年, 牙
	Ningbo	銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 銅鋃銀子, 鈿
	Wenzhou	鈔票, 銅鈿, 番錢, 銅鈿銀, 銅鈿板, 銅板, 板
	Jinhua	鈔票, 洋鈿, 鈿, 銅鈿, 銅鈿銀子
Xiang	Changsha	錢
	Shuangfeng	錢

Hypernyms

• (silver): 白銀／白银 (báiyín), 銀子／银子 (yínzi)

References

• Bolton, Kingsley, Hutton, Christopher (2005) A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 315