年兜錢

Chinese

		beginning of the year in the Chinese calendar	coin; money
trad. (年兜錢)		年兜	錢
simp. (年兜钱)		年兜	钱

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-tau-chîⁿ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Hui'an)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-tau-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-tau-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lindaucvii
  - IPA (Hui'an): /lin²⁴⁻²² tau³³ t͡ɕĩ²⁴/

Noun

年兜錢

(Hui'an Hokkien) money given to children during the Chinese New Year, usually in a red envelope

Synonyms

壓歲錢／压岁钱 (yāsuìqián)
(dialectal) 壓腰錢／压腰钱 (yāyāoqián)
(Northern Min) 墜歲錢／坠岁钱, 生帶錢／生带钱
(Hokkien, Teochew) 硩年錢／硩年钱, 硩腰錢／硩腰钱
(Wu) 壓歲鈿／压岁钿

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