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Chinese
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eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
coin; money
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| trad. (食錢)
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食
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錢
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| simp. (食钱)
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食
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钱
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Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Hsinchu, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan, Jinjiang, Philippines)
Verb
食⫽錢 (verb-object)
- (Southern Min) to embezzle; to be corrupt
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, of an ATM or other machines) to "swallow" banknotes or coins: to accept banknotes or coins without recognising the amount paid
Synonyms
- 中飽／中饱 (zhōngbǎo)
- 歪哥 (wāigē) (Taiwan)
- 貪／贪 (tān)
- 貪污／贪污 (tānwū)
- 貪墨／贪墨 (tānmò) (literary)
- (to swallow banknotes or coins): 吞錢／吞钱
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