大銀

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	silver; money
trad. (大銀)		大	銀
simp. (大银)		大	银

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-gûn / tōa-gîn

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-gûn
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-gûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxguun
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ ɡun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² ɡun²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ ɡun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-gîn
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-gîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxgiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ ɡin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ ɡin²³/

Noun

大銀

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) silver dollar
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) joss paper; ghost money (with silver foil)

Synonyms

• (silver dollar):

• 光洋 (guan¹ ian²) (Xiang)
• 大拉斯 (⁶da-la-sy) (Wu, dated)
• 大洋 (dàyáng)
• 洋銀／洋银
• 洋錢／洋钱 (yángqián) (colloquial)
• 現光洋／现光洋 (xienn⁵ guan¹ ian²) (Xiang)
• 現大洋／现大洋 (xiàndàyáng)
• 現洋／现洋 (xiànyáng)
• 白銀／白银 (Hokkien)
• 花邊／花边 (huābiān) (dated)
• 花邊錢／花边钱 (huābiānqián) (dated)
• 銀元／银元 (yínyuán)
• 銀洋／银洋 (yínyáng) (dated)
• 銀洋鈿／银洋钿 (⁶gnin-yan-di) (Wu)

 

• (joss paper):

• 冥幣／冥币 (míngbì)
• 冥紙／冥纸
• 冥鈔／冥钞 (míngchāo)
• 冥錢／冥钱
• 冥鏹／冥镪 (ming⁵ koeng⁵) (Cantonese)
• 楮錢／楮钱 (chǔqián) (literary)
• 溪錢／溪钱 (kai¹ cin⁴) (Cantonese)
• 神紙／神纸
• 箔仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 紙字／纸字 (Hokkien)
• 紙楮／纸楮
• 紙紮／纸扎 (zhǐzhá)
• 紙錢／纸钱 (zhǐqián)
• 衣紙／衣纸 (yīzhǐ)
• 金紙／金纸
• 金銀紙／金银纸 (jīnyínzhǐ)
• 銀紙／银纸 (Hokkien)
• 錢紙／钱纸 (zienn² zhr³) (Xiang)
• 陰司紙／阴司纸 (jam¹ si¹ zi²) (Cantonese)
• 陰司錢／阴司钱
• 鬼鈔／鬼钞 (guǐchāo)