還錢

Chinese

		pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	coin; money
trad. (還錢)		還	錢
simp. (还钱)		还	钱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huánqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ cin^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vàn-chhièn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-chîⁿ / hoân-chîⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hoin⁵ zin⁵ / hain⁵ zin⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huánqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáncián
    • Wade–Giles: huan²-chʻien²
    • Yale: hwán-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanchyan
    • Palladius: хуаньцянь (xuanʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁴ cin^4-2
    • Yale: wàahn chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ tsin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ qin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vàn-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vanˇ qienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van² qian²
    • Sinological IPA: /van¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengcvii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sĩ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huân-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoancvii
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /huan²⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hoin⁵ zin⁵ / hain⁵ zin⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hôiⁿ tsîⁿ / hâiⁿ tsîⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/, /hãĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

Verb

還⫽錢 (verb-object)

1. to pay back money; to repay
2. (Singapore) to pay (for something)

Synonyms

• (to pay back money): 還鐳／还镭
• (to pay):

• 予鐳／予镭 (Hokkien)
• 交付 (jiāofù)
• 付 (fù)
• 付出 (fùchū)
• 付款 (fùkuǎn)
• 付鈔票／付钞票 (Wu)
• 付錢／付钱 (fùqián)
• 出錢／出钱 (chūqián)
• 把拉 (Hokkien)
• 挺分 (⁵thin-fen) (Shanghainese, slang)
• 挺張／挺张 (⁵thin-tsan) (Wu)
• 掏腰包 (tāo yāobāo) (to pay out of one's own pocket)
• 支付 (zhīfù)
• 支出 (zhīchū)
• 畀錢／畀钱 (bei² cin^4-2) (Cantonese)
• 繳／缴
• 自掏腰包 (zì tāo yāobāo) (to pay out of one's own pocket)

 

Derived terms

• 欠債還錢／欠债还钱
• 殺人償命，欠債還錢／杀人偿命，欠债还钱 (shārén chángmìng, qiànzhài huánqián)
• 漫天要價，就地還錢／漫天要价，就地还钱
• 漫天討價，著地還錢／漫天讨价，著地还钱
• 瞞天討價，就地還錢／瞒天讨价，就地还钱