趁錢

See also: 趁钱

Chinese

Etymology 1

	to have	coin; money
trad. (趁錢)	趁	錢
simp. (趁钱)	趁	钱
alternative forms	稱錢／称钱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chènqián

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chènqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chèncián
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-chʻien²
  - Yale: chèn-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennchyan
  - Palladius: чэньцянь (čɛnʹcjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    稱錢 / 称钱
    趁錢 / 趁钱

Adjective

趁錢

(Mandarin, regional, colloquial) wealthy; well-off; loaded

Synonyms

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優裕 / 优裕 (yōuyù)
多金 (duōjīn) (literary)
好康 (Hokkien)
好額 / 好额 (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
富有 (fùyǒu)
富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
富裕 (fùyù)
富貴 / 富贵 (fùguì) (wealthy and respectable)
富足 (fùzú)
寬綽 / 宽绰 (kuānchuò)
寬裕 / 宽裕 (kuānyù)
寬鬆 / 宽松 (kuānsōng)
有米 (jau⁵ mai⁵) (Cantonese)
有錢 / 有钱 (yǒuqián)
有鐳 / 有镭 (Hokkien)
有額 / 有额 (Hokkien)
殷富 (yīnfù) (archaic)
殷實 (yīnshí)
活潑 / 活泼 (huópō) (literary)
潤屋 / 润屋 (rùnwū) (literary)
萬貫 / 万贯 (wànguàn) (dated)
肥實 / 肥实 (féishí) (colloquial)
肥饒 / 肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)
腰裡橫 / 腰里横 (yāolǐhèng) (Northern Mandarin, slang)
膏腴 (Hokkien)
華貴 / 华贵 (huáguì)
闊 / 阔 (kuò)

Etymology 2

		to look for	coin; money
trad. (趁錢)		趁	錢
simp. (趁钱)		趁	钱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chènqián

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Northern Min (KCR): te̿ng-cîng
Eastern Min (BUC): tíng-*cièng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): teng⁴ zing²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thàn-chîⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): tang³ zin⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chènqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chèncián
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-chʻien²
  - Yale: chèn-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennchyan
  - Palladius: чэньцянь (čɛnʹcjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    稱錢 / 称钱
    趁錢 / 趁钱
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: te̿ng-cîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰeiŋ³³ t͡siŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tíng-*cièng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sieŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: teng⁴ zing²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: te̍ng-cíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛŋ⁴² ^(t͡s-)niŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: teng⁴ zing²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɛŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)niŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàn-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thàn-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarncvii
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /tʰan²¹⁻⁴² t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sĩ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tang³ zin⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàng tsîⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

Verb

趁錢

(obsolete or Min, dialectal Wu) to earn money; to make money
去外地趁錢
去外地趁钱
kó̤ nguôi-dê tíng-*cièng /
to leave one's hometown to make money

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 賺錢 (“to make money”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		賺錢
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	賺錢
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	賺錢
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	賺錢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	賺錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	賺錢兒, 掙錢兒
	Wanrong	掙錢
	Xi'an	賺錢
	Xining	賺錢
	Xuzhou	賺錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	賺錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	賺錢, 掙錢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	賺錢
	Wuhan	賺錢
	Guiyang	賺錢
	Liuzhou	賺錢, 鏟水
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	賺錢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	賺錢
Cantonese	Hong Kong	賺錢
	Dongguan	賺錢
	Singapore (Guangfu)	賺錢
Gan	Nanchang	賺錢
	Lichuan	賺錢
	Pingxiang	賺錢
Hakka	Meixian	賺錢
Huizhou	Jixi	賺錢, 賺鈔票
Jin	Taiyuan	賺錢, 掙錢
Jin	Xinzhou	掙錢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	趁錢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	趁錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	趁錢
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	趁鐳
	Quanzhou	趁錢
	Jinjiang	趁錢
	Zhangzhou	趁錢, 趁鐳
	Zhao'an	趁錢
	Penang (Hokkien)	趁鐳
	Singapore (Hokkien)	趁鐳
	Manila (Hokkien)	趁錢
	Chaozhou	趁錢
	Shantou	趁錢
	Jieyang	趁錢
	Singapore (Teochew)	趁鐳
	Wenchang	博錢
	Haikou	趁錢
Puxian Min	Putian	趁錢
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	趁錢
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	趁錢
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	趁錢
	Xianyou	趁錢
	Xianyou (Fengting)	趁錢
	Xianyou (Youyang)	趁錢
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	搵錢, 賺錢
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	賺銅鈿
	Suzhou	賺銅鈿, 賺銅錢
	Danyang	賺銅
	Ningbo	賺銅鈿, 賺鈔票
	Wenzhou	近鈔票
	Jinhua	賺銅錢
Xiang	Changsha	賺錢
Xiang	Loudi	賺錢

References

“趁錢”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “趁钱”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 535.

趁錢

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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