A錢

Chinese

			coin; money
trad. (A錢)		A	錢
simp. (A钱)		A	钱
alternative forms		挨錢／挨钱

Etymology

Originally Hokkien 挨錢／挨钱 (e-chîⁿ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēi-qián, āi-qián

  (Zhuyin): ㄟ ㄑㄧㄢˊ, ㄞ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): e-chîⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēi-qián
    • Zhuyin: ㄟ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: eicián
    • Wade–Giles: ei¹-chʻien²
    • Yale: ēi-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eichyan
    • Palladius: эйцянь (ejcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āi-qián
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aicián
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-chʻien²
    • Yale: āi-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aichyan
    • Palladius: айцянь (ajcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: e-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ecvii
    • IPA (Taipei): /e⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sĩ²³/

Verb

A錢

1. (Taiwan) to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain; to fish in troubled waters