開許

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (開許)		開	許
simp. (开许)		开	许

Etymology

Borrowed from English cash.

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹khe-shiu

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹khe-shiu
    • MiniDict: khe^平 shiu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe-xy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵⁵ ɕy²¹/

Noun

開許

1. (Shanghainese, dated) cash (money in the form of notes and coins)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 現金 (“cash”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		現金, 現款, 現錢, 現鈔
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	現金, 現款, 現鈔
	Harbin	現錢, 活錢兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	現錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	現錢兒
	Xi'an	現錢
Mandarin	Singapore	現金
Cantonese	Guangzhou	現銀, 現把 dated
	Hong Kong	現金, 茄殊, 現錢, 現銀
	Dongguan	現銀, 現金
Gan	Nanchang	現錢
	Lichuan	現錢
Hakka	Meixian	現錢
	Yudu	現錢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	現錢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	現錢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	現錢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	現錢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	現錢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	現錢
Jin	Taiyuan	現錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	現金, 現款, 現錢
	Quanzhou	現金, 現款, 現錢
	Zhangzhou	現金, 現款, 現錢
	Tainan	現金
	Penang (Hokkien)	現金, 現鐳, 現錢
	Manila (Hokkien)	現錢
	Jieyang	現銀
	Leizhou	現錢
Wu	Shanghai	現鈿, 現鈔, 開許 dated
	Ningbo	現鈔
	Wenzhou	現銅錢
Xiang	Changsha	現票子