真金白銀

Chinese

		pure gold	silver; silver money
trad. (真金白銀/眞金白銀)		真金/眞金	白銀
simp. (真金白银)		真金	白银

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnjīnbáiyín

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ gam¹ baak⁶ ngan⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zing¹ gim¹ bêh⁸ ngeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnjīnbáiyín
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄞˊ ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenjinbáiyín
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-chin¹-pai²-yin²
    • Yale: jēn-jīn-bái-yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenjinbairyn
    • Palladius: чжэньцзиньбайинь (čžɛnʹczinʹbajinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ gam¹ baak⁶ ngan⁴
    • Yale: jān gām baahk ngàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ gam¹ baak⁹ ngan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ gem¹ bag⁶ ngen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ paːk̚² ŋɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zing¹ gim¹ bêh⁸ ngeng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsing kim pe̍h ngṳ̂ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ³³⁻²³ kim³³⁻²³ peʔ⁴⁻² ŋɯŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

真金白銀

1. An emphatic way to express "money".

   你們的服務這麼差，我憑什麼要用真金白銀支持你們家啊？ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   你们的服务这么差，我凭什么要用真金白银支持你们家啊？ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Nǐmen de fúwù zhènme chà, wǒ píng shénme yào yòng zhēnjīn báiyín zhīchí nǐmen jiā a? [Pinyin]

   Your services are terrible. Why do I have to use my valuables to support you?