墜歲錢

Chinese

		fall	year; years old; (a measure word)	coin; money
trad. (墜歲錢)		墜	歲	錢
simp. (坠岁钱)		坠	岁	钱

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): dṳ̆-sṳ̿-cîng

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dṳ̆-sṳ̿-cîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ty²⁴ sy³³ t͡siŋ³³/

Noun

墜歲錢

1. (Northern Min) money given to children during the Chinese New Year, usually in a red envelope

Synonyms

• 壓歲錢／压岁钱 (yāsuìqián)
• (dialectal) 壓腰錢／压腰钱 (yāyāoqián)
• (Northern Min) 生帶錢／生带钱
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 硩年錢／硩年钱, 硩腰錢／硩腰钱
• (Wu) 壓歲鈿／压岁钿