橫財

Chinese

		unruly; horizontal; across unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)	money; wealth; riches money; wealth; riches; property; valuables
trad. (橫財)		橫	財
simp. (横财)		横	财

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hèngcái, héngcái

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄥˋ ㄘㄞˊ, ㄏㄥˊ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waang⁴ coi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vàng-chhòi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoâiⁿ-châi / hûiⁿ-châi / hôaⁿ-châi / hêng-châi / hn̂g-châi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hèngcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˋ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hèngcái
    • Wade–Giles: hêng⁴-tsʻai²
    • Yale: hèng-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: henqtsair
    • Palladius: хэнцай (xɛncaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héngcái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héngcái
    • Wade–Giles: hêng²-tsʻai²
    • Yale: héng-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herngtsair
    • Palladius: хэнцай (xɛncaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤŋ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waang⁴ coi⁴
    • Yale: wàahng chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waang⁴ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wang⁴ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vàng-chhòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: vangˇ coiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vang² coi²
    • Sinological IPA: /vaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâiⁿ-châi
    • Tâi-lô: huâinn-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvoaizaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huãi²³⁻³³ t͡sai²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huãi²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûiⁿ-châi
    • Tâi-lô: huînn-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvuizaai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôaⁿ-châi
    • Tâi-lô: huânn-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvoazaai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huã¹³⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-châi
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengzaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sai¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hn̂g-châi
    • Tâi-lô: hn̂g-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hngzaai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hŋ̍²⁴⁻²² t͡sai²⁴/

Noun

橫財

1. ill-gotten gains; money accumulated inadvertently or via illegal means

Derived terms

• 人無橫財不富／人无横财不富
• 大發橫財／大发横财
• 橫財就手／横财就手
• 發橫財／发横财
• 飛來橫財／飞来横财

 

See also

• 天上掉餡餅／天上掉馅饼 (tiānshàng diào xiànbǐng)