紅底

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (紅底)		紅	底
simp. (红底)		红	底

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngdǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngdǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngdǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-ti³
    • Yale: húng-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngdii
    • Palladius: хунди (xundi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ dai²
    • Yale: hùhng dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ tɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

紅底

1. (Cantonese) red underpants (often wore for good luck) (Classifier: 條／条)
2. (Hong Kong) hundred-dollar banknote (Classifier: 張／张)

   • 余輕輕取來，打開一看，大吃一驚，原來手袋內邊除三張紅底外，另有牛仔一張，來源未敢查明，心裏總是不安樂。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     余轻轻取来，打开一看，大吃一惊，原来手袋内边除三张红底外，另有牛仔一张，来源未敢查明，心里总是不安乐。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1953, 三蘇, 《經紀日記》, in 余非, 陳潔儀, editors, 《香港文學這樣讀　上卷》

     jyu⁴ hing¹ hing¹ ceoi² loi⁴, daa² hoi¹ jat¹ hon³, daai⁶ hek³ jat¹ ging¹, jyun⁴ loi⁴ sau² doi^6-2 noi⁶ bin¹ ceoi⁴ saam¹ zoeng¹ hung⁴ dai² ngoi⁶, ling⁶ jau⁵ ngau⁴ zai² jat¹ zoeng¹, loi⁴ jyun⁴ mei⁶ gam² caa⁴ ming⁴, sam¹ leoi⁵ zung² si⁶ bat¹ on¹ lok⁶. [Jyutping]

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Synonyms

• (hundred-dollar banknote): 紅衫魚／红衫鱼 (hóngshānyú)

Derived terms

• 紅底股／红底股 (hóngdǐgǔ)

 

Adjective

紅底

1. (Hong Kong, politics) sympathetic to the pro-Beijing camp