了錢

Chinese

		to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	coin; money
trad. (了錢)		了	錢
simp. (了钱)		了	钱

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): lieo³ zing²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu-chîⁿ

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• Puxian Min
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lieo³ zing² [Phonetic: lieo¹ zing²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lieu³³²⁻⁵⁵ t͡siŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Lukang, Magong, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liawcvii
    • IPA (Kinmen): /liau⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /liau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /liau⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/

Verb

了錢

1. (Hokkien, Xianyou Puxian Min) to lose money; to make a loss
2. (Hokkien, Xianyou Puxian Min) to waste money

Synonyms

• (to lose money):

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• 了去 (Hokkien)
• 了大空 (Hokkien)
• 了本 (Hokkien)
• 倒篷頭 / 倒篷头 (⁵tau ⁶bon-deu) (Wu)
• 倒貼 / 倒贴 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 塌本 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 打出本 (Hakka)
• 折本 (shéběn)
• 折錢 / 折钱
• 翋本 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 虧損 / 亏损 (kuīsǔn)
• 虧本 / 亏本 (kuīběn)
• 蝕本 / 蚀本 (shíběn)
• 貼本 / 贴本 (Hokkien, Xiang)
• 賠本 / 赔本 (péiběn)

Derived terms

• 了錢生理無人做，刣頭生理有人做 / 了钱生理无人做，刣头生理有人做

References

• “了錢”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “了钱”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 360.