cin4錢钱
Jyutpingcin4
Yalechìhn
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Definition
Money; a common medium of exchange used for buying and selling.
colloquialmoney
How it's used
Money is often referred to as 錢銀 in a collective sense when discussing finances or debts. While 錢 is the standard term, speakers frequently use 蚊 to refer to the Hong Kong dollar unit in casual speech. It is common to hear people say 冇錢 to mean being broke, which is a very frequent and direct way to express financial status.
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bat1筆bātExamples
Do you still have money in your pocket?
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Common mistake
Learners often mistake 錢 for the currency unit itself; remember that 錢 is the general concept of money, whereas 蚊 is the colloquial classifier for dollars.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
