趁錢

See also: 趁钱

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to have	coin; money
trad. (趁錢)		趁	錢
simp. (趁钱)		趁	钱
alternative forms		稱錢／称钱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chènqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chènqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chèncián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: chèn-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennchyan
    • Palladius: чэньцянь (čɛnʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Adjective

趁錢

1. (Mandarin, regional, colloquial) wealthy; well-off; loaded

Synonyms

• 優裕／优裕 (yōuyù)
• 多金 (duōjīn) (literary)
• 好康 (Hokkien)
• 好額／好额 (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
• 富有 (fùyǒu)
• 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
• 富裕 (fùyù)
• 富貴／富贵 (fùguì) (wealthy and respectable)
• 富足 (fùzú)
• 寬綽／宽绰 (kuānchuò)
• 寬裕／宽裕 (kuānyù)
• 寬鬆／宽松 (kuānsōng)
• 有米 (jau⁵ mai⁵) (Cantonese)
• 有錢／有钱 (yǒuqián)
• 有鐳／有镭 (Hokkien)
• 殷富 (yīnfù) (archaic)
• 殷實 (yīnshí)
• 活潑／活泼 (huópō) (literary)
• 潤屋／润屋 (rùnwū) (literary)
• 萬貫／万贯 (wànguàn) (dated)
• 肥實／肥实 (féishí) (colloquial)
• 肥饒／肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)
• 腰裡橫／腰里横 (yāolǐhèng) (Northern Mandarin, slang)
• 膏腴 (Hokkien)
• 華貴／华贵 (huáguì)
• 闊／阔 (kuò)

 

Etymology 2

		to look for	coin; money
trad. (趁錢)		趁	錢
simp. (趁钱)		趁	钱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chènqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Northern Min (KCR): te̿ng-cîng
• Eastern Min (BUC): tíng-*cièng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thàn-chîⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tang³ zin⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chènqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chèncián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: chèn-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennchyan
    • Palladius: чэньцянь (čɛnʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: te̿ng-cîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰeiŋ³³ t͡siŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tíng-*cièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sieŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàn-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thàn-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarncvii
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tʰan²¹⁻⁴² t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sĩ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tang³ zin⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàng tsîⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

Verb

趁錢

1. (obsolete or Min, dialectal Wu) to earn money; to make money

   去外地趁錢 [Eastern Min, trad.]
   去外地趁钱 [Eastern Min, simp.]

   kó̤ nguôi-dê tíng-*cièng / [kʰɔ²¹³ ŋui²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɛi²⁴² tʰiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sieŋ⁵³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   to leave one's hometown to make money

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 賺錢 (“to make money”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		賺錢
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	賺錢
	Singapore	賺錢
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	賺錢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	賺錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	賺錢兒, 掙錢兒
	Wanrong	掙錢
	Xi'an	賺錢
	Xining	賺錢
	Xuzhou	賺錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	賺錢
	Ürümqi	賺錢, 掙錢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	賺錢
	Wuhan	賺錢
	Guiyang	賺錢
	Liuzhou	賺錢, 鏟水
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	賺錢
	Yangzhou	賺錢
Cantonese	Hong Kong	賺錢
	Dongguan	賺錢
	Singapore (Guangfu)	賺錢
Gan	Nanchang	賺錢
	Lichuan	賺錢
	Pingxiang	賺錢
Hakka	Meixian	賺錢
Huizhou	Jixi	賺錢, 賺鈔票
Jin	Taiyuan	賺錢, 掙錢
	Xinzhou	掙錢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	趁錢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	趁錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	趁錢
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	趁鐳
	Quanzhou	趁錢
	Jinjiang	趁錢
	Zhangzhou	趁錢, 趁鐳
	Zhao'an	趁錢
	Penang (Hokkien)	趁鐳
	Singapore (Hokkien)	趁鐳
	Manila (Hokkien)	趁錢
	Chaozhou	趁錢
	Shantou	趁錢
	Jieyang	趁錢
	Singapore (Teochew)	趁鐳
	Wenchang	博錢
	Haikou	趁錢
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	搵錢, 賺錢
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	賺銅鈿
	Suzhou	賺銅鈿, 賺銅錢
	Danyang	賺銅
	Ningbo	賺銅鈿, 賺鈔票
	Wenzhou	近鈔票
	Jinhua	賺銅錢
Xiang	Changsha	賺錢
	Loudi	賺錢

References

• “Entry #9122”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.