掏腰包

Chinese

		fish out (from pocket)	small bag; pouch; wallet small bag; pouch; wallet; how much money one has; one's budget or income
trad. (掏腰包)		掏	腰包
simp. #(掏腰包)		掏	腰包

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāo yāobāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠ ㄧㄠ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ jiu¹ baau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāo yāobāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ ㄧㄠ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tao yaobao
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao¹ yao¹-pao¹
    • Yale: tāu yāu-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tau iaubau
    • Palladius: тао яобао (tao jaobao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ jiu¹ baau¹
    • Yale: tòuh yīu bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ jiu¹ baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ yiu¹ bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ jiːu̯⁵⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

掏⫽腰包 (verb-object)

1. to pay out of pocket
2. to steal from people’s pockets; to pickpocket; to pilfer

Synonyms

• (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)
• 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)
• 還錢／还钱 (huánqián) (Malaysia, Singapore)

 

• (to steal from people's pockets): 扒竊／扒窃 (páqiè)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to pay”):

• 收入 (shōurù)