賺

See also: 赚

Translingual

Han character

賺 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月金廿難金 (BCTXC), four-corner 6883₇, composition ⿰貝兼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1211, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36880
• Dae Jaweon: page 1677, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3655, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8CFA

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Chinese

trad.		賺
simp.		赚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
譧	*r'eːms
賺	*r'eːms
尲	*kreːm
鹻	*kreːmʔ
歉	*kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms
槏	*kʰreːmʔ
鰜	*ɡreːm, *keːm
稴	*ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm
豏	*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms
甉	*ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm
廉	*ɡ·rem
鎌	*ɡ·rem
鬑	*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
鐮	*ɡ·rem
簾	*ɡ·rem
薕	*ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm
蠊	*ɡ·rem
嬚	*ɡ·remʔ
溓	*ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ
嵰	*kʰremʔ
隒	*ŋɡremʔ
熑	*ɡ·reːm
濂	*ɡ·reːm
燫	*ɡ·reːm
兼	*keːm, *keːms
縑	*keːm
鶼	*keːm
蒹	*keːm
搛	*keːm
謙	*kʰeːm
膁	*kʰeːmʔ
嗛	*kʰeːmʔ
慊	*kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb
傔	*kʰeːms
馦	*qʰeːm
嫌	*ɡeːm
鼸	*ɡeːmʔ
尷	*kreːm

Originally as 𧸖.

In the current form: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *r'eːms) : semantic 貝 + phonetic 兼 (OC *keːm, *keːms).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 賺

1. to make a profit; to earn money

   佢留班賺多一年。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢留班赚多一年。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ lau⁴ baan¹ zaan⁶ do¹ jat¹ nin⁴. [Jyutping]

   He repeats a year for profit again.

2. to gain an unfair advantage

Synonyms

• (to earn (money)): (Min) 趁

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuàn (zuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaan⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dam³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsuan⁴
    • Yale: dzwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuann
    • Palladius: цзуань (czuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaan⁶
    • Yale: jaahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dam³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tàm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tam²¹³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 賺

1. (literary) to deceive; to fool; to cheat

Pronunciation 3

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dan⁷

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dan⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tāⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tã¹¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 賺

1. (Teochew) wrong; erroneous

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 錯 (“wrong”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		過誤, 誤, 謬, 謬誤, 訛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錯, 不對, 錯誤
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	錯, 左
	Taiwan	錯, 不對
	Malaysia	錯, 不對
	Singapore	錯, 不對
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	錯, 差
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	錯
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	錯
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	錯, 拐
	Wuhan	錯, 左
	Guilin	錯
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	差
	Yangzhou	錯
	Hefei	錯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錯, 唔啱
	Hong Kong	錯, 唔啱
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	錯
	Macau	錯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	錯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	唔啱
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	錯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	錯
	Foshan	錯
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	錯
	Foshan (Shunde)	錯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	錯, 唔啱
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	錯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	錯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	錯
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	錯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	錯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	錯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	錯
	Taishan	錯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	錯
	Enping (Niujiang)	錯
	Heshan (Yayao)	錯
	Dongguan	錯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	錯
	Yangjiang	錯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔啱, 錯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔啱, 錯
Gan	Nanchang	錯
	Lichuan	錯
Hakka	Meixian	差, 唔啱
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	錯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	錯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	錯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	錯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	錯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唔著
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唔著
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唔著
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唔著
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唔著
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唔著
Jin	Taiyuan	錯, 不對, 差
Northern Min	Jian'ou	錯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	賺
	Matsu	賺
Southern Min	Xiamen	賺, 毋著
	Quanzhou	賺, 毋著
	Shishi	賺
	Zhangzhou	賺, 毋著
	Zhao'an	毋著
	Taipei	毋著
	Kaohsiung	毋著
	Penang (Hokkien)	salah, 毋著, 賺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	salah, 毋著
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋著, 賺
	Chaozhou	賺
	Shantou	賺, 唔對, 唔著
	Jieyang	賺
	Singapore (Teochew)	salah, 唔著, 賺
	Leizhou	無著
	Wenchang	無著
	Haikou	錯
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無著
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	錯, 唔啱
Wu	Shanghai	錯
	Suzhou	錯
	Ningbo	錯, 賺
	Wenzhou	賺
	Jinhua	賺
Xiang	Changsha	錯, 左
	Shuangfeng	造, 錯

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Japanese

Kanji

賺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. coax

Readings

• On (unclassified): たん (tan)
• Kun: すかす (sukasu)