蚊雞

Chinese

yuan; dollar; buck fowl; chicken
trad. (蚊雞)
simp. (蚊鸡)
variant forms 文雞文鸡

Pronunciation


Noun

蚊雞

  1. (Cantonese, colloquial) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck
    蚊雞真係 [Cantonese, trad.]
    蚊鸡真系 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Sap6 man1 gai1 jat1 zung1 faan6, zan1 hai6 dai2! [Jyutping]
    10 bucks for a pot of rice, what a deal!

Usage notes

Used for small amounts only.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of (“yuan; dollar”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) ,
Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan
Harbin
Jinan
Muping
Luoyang
Wanrong
Xi'an
Xining
Xuzhou
Yinchuan
Lanzhou
Ürümqi
Wuhan
Chengdu
Guiyang
Guilin
Liuzhou
Yangzhou
Nanjing
Hefei
Cantonese Guangzhou , 蚊雞,
Hong Kong , 蚊雞,
Shunde
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)
Taishan
Kaiping (Chikan)
Dongguan , 蚊雞
Shaoguan
Yunfu
Yangjiang ,
Lianjiang
Nanning
Hepu
Kuala Lumpur ,
Gan Nanchang
Lichuan
Pingxiang
Hakka Meixian
Yudu
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Liudui (S. Sixian)
Hsinchu (Hailu)
Dongshi (Dabu)
Hsinchu (Raoping)
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
Hong Kong
Sabah
Senai
Singkawang
Huizhou Jixi
Jin Taiyuan
Xinzhou
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou
Fuqing
Matsu
Min Nan Xiamen
Quanzhou
Zhangzhou
Taipei
Kaohsiung
Tainan
Taichung
Hsinchu
Lukang
Sanxia
Yilan
Kinmen
Magong
Penang
Chaozhou
Johor Bahru
Haikou
Leizhou
Puxian Min Putian
Xianyou
Pinghua Nanning , 蚊雞
Guilin
Wu Shanghai
Suzhou
Hangzhou
Wenzhou
Chongming
Danyang
Jinhua
Xiang Changsha
Shuangfeng
Loudi
Quanzhou
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