討錢

Chinese

		ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	coin; money
trad. (討錢)		討	錢
simp. (讨钱)		讨	钱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǎoqián

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thó-chhièn

(Hailu, HRS): to^ˊ cien
Eastern Min (BUC): tō̤-*cièng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): to³ zing²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thó-chîⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǎoqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǎocián
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao³-chʻien²
  - Yale: tǎu-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taochyan
  - Palladius: таоцянь (taocjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thó-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^ˋ qien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to³ qian²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo³¹ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^ˊ cien
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰien⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tō̤-*cièng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo³³⁻²¹ t͡sieŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: to³ zing² [Phonetic: to² zing²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: teô-cíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo⁴⁵³⁻¹³ t͡siŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: to³ zing² [Phonetic: to¹ zing²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo³³²⁻⁵⁵ t͡siŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thó-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thó-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toycvii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²³/

Verb

討錢

to demand the payment of one's debt
(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to ask for money

References

“討錢”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.