現金

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Chinese

appear; present; now
appear; present; now; existing; current
 
 metal; gold; money
trad. (現金) 現 金
simp. (现金) 现 金
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Noun

現金

  1. cash (money in the form of notes and coins)
    可提現金額／可提现金额  ―  kě tí xiànjīn é  ―  available withdrawable amount
    對不起，我們只收現金。 [MSC, trad.]
    对不起，我们只收现金。 [MSC, simp.]
    Duìbùqǐ, wǒmen zhǐ shōu xiànjīn.
    Sorry. We only accept cash.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 現金 (“cash”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 現金, 現款, 現錢, 現鈔
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 現金, 現款, 現鈔
Harbin 現錢, 活錢兒
Singapore 現金
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 現錢
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 現錢兒
Xi'an 現錢
Cantonese Guangzhou 現銀, 現把 dated
Hong Kong 現金, 茄殊, 現錢, 現銀
Dongguan 現銀, 現金
Gan Nanchang 現錢
Lichuan 現錢
Hakka Meixian 現錢
Yudu 現錢
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 現錢
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 現錢
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 現錢
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 現錢
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 現錢
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 現錢
Jin Taiyuan 現錢
Southern Min Xiamen 現金, 現款, 現錢
Quanzhou 現金, 現款, 現錢
Zhangzhou 現金, 現款, 現錢
Tainan 現金
Penang (Hokkien) 現金, 現鐳, 現錢
Manila (Hokkien) 現錢
Jieyang 現銀
Leizhou 現錢
Wu Shanghai 現鈿, 現鈔, 開許 dated
Ningbo 現鈔
Wenzhou 現銅錢
Xiang Changsha 現票子

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
現 金
げん
Grade: 5 		きん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

現(げん)金(きん) • (genkin) 

  1. cash
    Synonym: キャッシュ (kyasshu)

Adjective

現(げん)金(きん) • (genkin) -na (adnominal 現(げん)金(きん)な (genkin na), adverbial 現(げん)金(きん)に (genkin ni))

  1. mercenary, calculating, self-serving
    Synonym: 打算的 (dasanteki)
    彼(かれ)は現金(げんきん)なやつだね。自分(じぶん)しか考(かんが)えてない。
    Kare wa genkin na yatsu da ne. Jibun shika kangaete nai.
    He sure is a self-serving person. He only ever thinks about himself.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
現金

Noun

現金 • (hyeon'geum) (hangeul 현금)

  1. hanja form? of 현금 (“cash”)
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