閹錢

Chinese

		castrate	coin; money
trad. (閹錢)		閹	錢
simp. (阉钱)		阉	钱

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iam-chîⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iam-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iam-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iamcvii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam³³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ¹³/

Verb

閹錢

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to fork out (money reluctantly); to cough up (money); to pay
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to extort money

Synonyms

• (to fork out): 掏錢／掏钱 (tāoqián)
• (to extort money):

• 勒索 (lèsuǒ)
• 敲 (qiāo) (colloquial)
• 敲剝／敲剥 (Hokkien)
• 敲竹槓／敲竹杠 (qiāo zhúgàng)
• 敲詐／敲诈 (qiāozhà)
• 訛／讹 (é)
• 訛詐／讹诈 (ézhà)
• 開刀／开刀 (hoi¹ dou¹) (Cantonese)