搖錢樹
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Chinese
| shake; to rock | coin; money | tree | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (搖錢樹) | 搖 | 錢 | 樹 | |
| simp. (摇钱树) | 摇 | 钱 | 树 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu4 cin4 syu6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iô-chîⁿ-chhiū
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yáociánshù
- Wade–Giles: yao2-chʻien2-shu4
- Yale: yáu-chyán-shù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yauchyanshuh
- Palladius: яоцяньшу (jaocjanʹšu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jiu4 cin4 syu6
- Yale: yìuh chìhn syuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jiu4 tsin4 sy6
- Guangdong Romanization: yiu4 qin4 xu6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːu̯²¹ t͡sʰiːn²¹ syː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iô-chîⁿ-chhiū
- Tâi-lô: iô-tsînn-tshiū
- Phofsit Daibuun: ioicvichiu
- IPA (Xiamen): /io²⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /io²⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /io¹³⁻²² t͡sĩ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /io²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiu³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sĩ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiu³³/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
搖錢樹
- (Chinese mythology) legendary tree which sheds coins when shaken; money tree
- (historical) money tree, a kind of grave goods in ancient China
- money tree (various plants in the genus Ficus, such as Ficus elastica and Ficus deltoidea)
- (figurative) person or thing which is or can be used as a source of easy money; money-spinner; milch cow; gold mine