活錢

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	coin; money
trad. (活錢)		活	錢
simp. (活钱)		活	钱

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huóqián

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ cin^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huóqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huócián
  - Wade–Giles: huo²-chʻien²
  - Yale: hwó-chyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwochyan
  - Palladius: хоцянь (xocjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huóqiánr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huóciánr
  - Wade–Giles: huo²-chʻien²-ʼrh
  - Yale: hwó-chyánr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwochyal
  - Palladius: хоцяньр (xocjanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wut⁶ cin^4-2
  - Yale: wuht chín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ tsin^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ qin^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

活錢

(colloquial) ready money; cash
(Mainland China, colloquial) extra income

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 現金 (“cash”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Central Plains Mandarin	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
Gan	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

(extra income): 外快 (wàikuài), 零錢／零钱 (língqián), 外財／外财 (wàicái); (Hakka, Eastern Min, Hokkien) 外水 (wàishuǐ)

Pronunciation 2

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): uah⁷ zing² / ua² zing²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-chîⁿ

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: uah⁷ zing² [Phonetic: uah⁶ zing²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ua̍h-cíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaʔ⁴⁻²¹ t͡siŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ua² zing² [Phonetic: ua⁵ ling²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ua²⁴⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)liŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-chîⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: ua̍h-tsînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaqcvii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sĩ¹³/

Noun

活錢

(Mainland China Hokkien) stable income
(Taiwanese Hokkien) money that is ready to use
(Puxian Min) money that can be used for investment and generate benefits

Antonyms

死錢／死钱

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “活钱”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 554.