零錢

See also: 零钱

Chinese

		remnant; zero; to fall	coin; money
trad. (零錢)		零	錢
simp. (零钱)		零	钱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): língqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nin² qian²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ cin^4-2
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'liang⁴ qien²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): làng-chhièn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lang² qiên²

• Jin (Wiktionary): ling¹ qie¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-chîⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língcián
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-chʻien²
    • Yale: líng-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingchyan
    • Palladius: линцянь (lincjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nin² qian²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: linkian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nin²¹ t͡ɕʰiɛn²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ cin^4-2
    • Yale: lìhng chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ tsin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ qin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'liang⁴ qien²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈliaŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làng-chhièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: langˇ qienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lang² qian²
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lang² qiên²
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹ t͡sʰiɛn¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ling¹ qie¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /lĩŋ¹¹ t͡ɕʰie¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengcvii
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sĩ¹³/

Noun

零錢

1. banknotes of small value or coins
2. (finance, accounting, business) extra money earned on the side
3. pocket money

Synonyms

• (banknotes of small value or coins):

Dialectal synonyms of 零錢 (“banknotes of small value or coins”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		散錢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		零錢
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	零錢
	Harbin	零錢
	Singapore	散錢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	零票兒
	Jinan	零錢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	零錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	零錢
	Xi'an	零錢
	Xining	零錢
	Xuzhou	零錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	零票子, 零錢
	Lanzhou	零錢
	Ürümqi	零錢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	零錢
	Wuhan	零錢
	Guiyang	零錢
	Liuzhou	散錢, 散票, 散紙, 小紙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	零錢
	Yangzhou	零頭錢, 零頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	散紙, 碎紙, 散銀, 碎銀
	Hong Kong	散紙, 碎銀, 散銀, 碎紙
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	散銀
	Macau	散紙
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	散紙, 碎紙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	濕碎錢
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	碎紙
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	碎錢, 散紙
	Foshan	散紙, 碎紙
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	散紙
	Foshan (Shunde)	散紙
	Foshan (Sanshui)	濕碎錢
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	零頭錢
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	散紙
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	散紙
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	散使
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	散使
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	散使錢
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	散使
	Taishan	散紙, 碎銀, 碎紙, 散使
	Kaiping (Chikan)	散紙, 碎紙, 散使
	Enping (Niujiang)	散使
	Heshan (Yayao)	濕碎錢
	Dongguan	散紙, 碎紙
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	散紙
Gan	Nanchang	零錢
	Lichuan	零仔
	Pingxiang	零錢
Hakka	Meixian	零錢, 細錢, 散紙, 碎紙
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	散紙
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	散紙
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	散紙
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	散紙
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	散紙
	Yudu	零錢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	零錢, 零星錢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	零錢, 零星錢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	零錢, 零星錢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	零錢, 零星錢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	零錢, 零星錢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	零星錢
Huizhou	Jixi	零散
Jin	Taiyuan	零錢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	零錢, 碎錢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碎錢, 碎票
Southern Min	Xiamen	零星, 散錢, 占找, 角仔, 散占散角, 散占, 小票
	Quanzhou	零星, 散錢, 散占散角, 散占
	Jinjiang	散錢
	Zhangzhou	零星, 散錢, 占找, 散占散角, 散占
	Tainan	零星錢, 散票
	Penang (Hokkien)	散鐳, 零星
	Manila (Hokkien)	散錢
	Shantou	碎紙, 散紙
	Jieyang	碎紙, 碎銀
	Puning	碎紙, 碎錢
	Leizhou	散紙
	Haikou	零錢, 零碎錢
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	散紙, 散錢
	Sanxiang	散紙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	零錢, 散紙, 散錢
Wu	Shanghai	零碎銅鈿, 零碎鈔票, 碎鈔票, 零碎, 零頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小鈔票, 零碎銅鈿
	Suzhou	零碎銅鈿, 砂殼子
	Danyang	零頭
	Hangzhou	零碎銅鈿
	Ningbo	零碎銅鈿, 零碎鈔票
	Wenzhou	零碎, 零碎鈔票
Xiang	Changsha	零錢, 散票子
	Loudi	零錢子, 零錢

• (extra money): 外快 (wàikuài), 外財／外财 (wàicái); (Mainland China) 活錢／活钱 (huóqián); (Hakka, Eastern Min, Hokkien) 外水

• 來項／来项 (láixiàng) (colloquial)
• 入息 (jap⁶ sik¹) (Hong Kong Cantonese, Singapore Hokkien)
• 外快 (wàikuài) (extra money earned on the side)
• 外水 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 外水錢／外水钱 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 外路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 外路仔 (Hokkien)
• 所得 (suǒdé)
• 收入 (shōurù)
• 收支 (shōuzhī) (income and expenses)
• 收益 (shōuyì)
• 營收／营收 (yíngshōu) (of an enterprise)
• 進款／进款 (jìnkuǎn) (colloquial)
• 進益／进益 (jìnyì) (formal)
• 進項／进项 (jìnxiàng) (colloquial)

 

• (pocket money):

• 零用 (língyòng) (colloquial)
• 零用錢／零用钱 (língyòngqián)
• 零花 (línghuā) (colloquial)
• 零花錢／零花钱 (línghuāqián)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 零用錢 (“pocket money”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		零用錢, 零花錢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	零花錢, 零花兒
	Taiwan	零用錢
	Chengde	零花錢
	Chifeng	零用錢, 零花錢
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	零花錢
	Heihe	零花錢, 零錢
	Qiqihar	零花錢
	Harbin	零花錢兒, 零錢兒, 零錢, 零花兒
	Jiamusi	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Baicheng	零錢
	Changchun	零花錢
	Tonghua	零花錢
	Shenyang	零用錢, 零錢, 零花錢兒
	Jinzhou	零用錢兒, 零花錢兒, 零錢兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	零花兒
	Tangshan	零花錢
	Cangzhou	零錢
	Baoding	零花錢
	Shijiazhuang	零錢
	Lijin	零花兒
	Jinan	零花錢, 零錢, 零花
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	零花兒錢
	Dandong	零用錢, 零花錢
	Yantai	零花兒錢, 零花兒
	Yantai (Muping)	零花兒, 零錢
	Qingdao	零花兒錢, 零花兒
	Zhucheng	零錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	零花錢兒
	Lingbao	零錢
	Jining	零錢兒, 零花錢
	Wanrong	零錢
	Linfen	零花錢
	Shangqiu	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Yuanyang	零用錢, 零花錢
	Zhengzhou	零花錢
	Lingbao	零錢
	Xinyang	零錢
	Baihe	零用錢, 零花錢
	Xi'an	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Baoji	零用錢, 零花錢
	Tianshui	零花錢, 零用錢
	Xining	零錢, 零用錢, 零花錢
	Xuzhou	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Fuyang	零花錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	零花錢, 零錢
	Lanzhou	零花錢, 零用錢, 零錢
	Dunhuang	零花錢
	Hami	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Ürümqi	零花錢, 零錢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	零用錢
	Nanchong	零用錢, 零錢
	Dazhou	零花錢
	Hanyuan	零用錢
	Xichang	零用錢
	Zigong	零用錢
	Chongqing	零用錢
	Wuhan	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Yichang	零用錢, 零花錢
	Xiangyang	零用錢, 零花錢
	Tianmen	零用錢
	Guiyang	零用錢
	Zunyi	零用錢
	Bijie	零用錢
	Liping	零用錢
	Zhaotong	零錢
	Dali	零用錢
	Kunming	零用錢兒
	Mengzi	零用錢
	Guilin	零用錢
	Liuzhou	零用錢
	Jishou	零用錢
	Changde	零星錢
	Hanzhong	零用錢, 零花錢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	零用錢
	Yangzhou	零用錢
	Lianyungang	零錢
	Lianshui	零用錢
	Nantong	零用錢
	Anqing	零用錢
	Wuhu	零用錢
	Hefei	零花錢
	Hong'an	零用錢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	散使, 閒使
	Hong Kong	零用錢, 零用
	Taishan	散使
Gan	Nanchang	零用錢
Hakka	Meixian	零用
	Yudu	零錢
Huizhou	Jixi	零用錢
	Shexian	零用錢
Jin	Taiyuan	零花錢
	Yangyuan	零錢
	Datong	零花錢
	Xinzhou	零花錢, 零錢
	Lüliang (Lishi)	零花錢兒
	Changzhi	零花錢
	Linhe	零花錢, 零錢
	Jining	零花錢
	Hohhot	零花錢, 零錢
	Erenhot	零花錢, 零錢
	Pingshan	零花錢兒
	Zhangjiakou	零花錢
	Handan	零花錢
	Linzhou	零錢
	Suide	零花錢兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碎使, 碎錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	零星錢, 零星
	Quanzhou	零星錢, 零星
	Zhangzhou	零星錢, 零星, 零星鐳, 零鐳仔
	Shantou	零用, 摻碎錢
	Haikou	零錢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	零花錢
Wu	Shanghai	零用銅鈿, 零用鈿
	Shanghai (Chongming)	零用鈿, 零碎銅鈿
	Suzhou	零用鈿
	Danyang	零用銅
	Hangzhou	零用銅鈿, 零用錢
	Ningbo	零用鈿
	Wenzhou	零碎鈔票
	Jinhua	零用個銅鈿
Xiang	Changsha	零用錢
	Loudi	零用, 零錢子, 零錢

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