洗錢

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	coin; money
trad. (洗錢)		洗	錢
simp. (洗钱)		洗	钱

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xǐqián

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² cin^4-2
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sóe-chîⁿ / sé-chîⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): soi² zin⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xǐqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐcián
  - Wade–Giles: hsi³-chʻien²
  - Yale: syǐ-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiichyan
  - Palladius: сицянь (sicjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sai² cin^4-2
  - Yale: sái chín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai² tsin^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei² qin^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    洗錢 / 洗钱
    使錢 / 使钱
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóe-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sué-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soefcvii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sé-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sefcvii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: soi² zin⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sói tsîⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /soi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

Verb

洗⫽錢 (verb-object)

(intransitive) to launder money

Synonyms

洗黑錢／洗黑钱 (xǐhēiqián)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² cin^4-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sai² cin^4-2
  - Yale: sái chín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai² tsin^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei² qin^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    ^edit
    洗錢 / 洗钱
    使錢 / 使钱

Verb

洗⫽錢 (verb-object)

(Cantonese) alternative form of 使錢 / 使钱 (“to spend money”)