使錢

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See also: 使钱

Chinese

to make; to cause; to enable
to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
 
coin; money
trad. (使錢) 使
simp. (使钱) 使
alternative forms 洗錢洗钱 Cantonese

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Verb

使錢

  1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Puxian Min) to spend money
    呢個聖誕唔好為咗使錢
    呢个圣诞唔好为咗使钱
    ni1 go3 sing3 daan3 m4 hou2 wai6 zo2 ngo5 sai2 cin4-2!
    Don't spend your money on me this Christmas!
    • after 1795, 李洙 (Lǐ Zhū) et al., chapter 93, in 重刊老乞大諺解 / 重刊老乞大谚解 (Chóngkān Lǎoqǐdà Yànjiě)Ogura Coll. Asami Coll., volume 2, page 91:
      婊子家裏 使錢
      챵ᄃᅶᄇᅸ즈쟈리ᄎᆔ 후시쳔
      ciaq dao biao jy jia li ciui; hu si cien
      쨩다ᇢ뱌ᇢ즈ᇫ갸례큐 ᅘᅮ시ᇫ쪈
      jjiaq daw biaw jyz gia liei kiu; hhu siz jjien
      always entering the houses of prostitutes, spending money with wild abandon

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