Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 乃 (“breast; milk”) + 小 (“small”) – a suckling infant (small).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
尕
- (Central Plains and Lanyin Mandarin) small
- (Central Plains Mandarin) Prefix used before a name to indicate affection, similar to 小.
Dialectal synonyms of
小 (“small”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
小
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
小
|
| Taiwan
|
小
|
| Harbin
|
小
|
| Malaysia
|
小
|
| Singapore
|
小
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
小
|
| Jinan
|
小
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Wanrong
|
小
|
| Xi'an
|
小, 碎
|
| Xining
|
小, 尕
|
| Xuzhou
|
小
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
小
|
| Ürümqi
|
小, 尕
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
小
|
| Wuhan
|
小
|
| Guiyang
|
小
|
| Guilin
|
小
|
| Liuzhou
|
小
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
小
|
| Yangzhou
|
小
|
| Hefei
|
小
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
細
|
| Hong Kong
|
細
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
細
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
細
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
細
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
細
|
| Macau
|
細
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
細
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
細
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
細
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
細
|
| Foshan
|
細
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
細
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
細
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
細
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
細
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
細
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
細
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
細
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
細
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
細
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
細
|
| Taishan
|
細
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
細
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
細
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
細
|
| Dongguan
|
細
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
細
|
| Qingyuan
|
細
|
| Fogang
|
細
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
細
|
| Yangshan
|
細
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
細
|
| Shaoguan
|
細
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
細
|
| Renhua
|
細
|
| Lechang
|
細
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
細
|
| Sihui
|
細
|
| Guangning
|
細
|
| Deqing
|
細
|
| Huaiji
|
細
|
| Yunfu
|
細
|
| Xinxing
|
細
|
| Luoding
|
細
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
細
|
| Yangjiang
|
細
|
| Xinyi
|
細
|
| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
細
|
| Lianjiang
|
細
|
| Nanning
|
細
|
| Wuzhou
|
細, 𱒃
|
| Yulin
|
𱒃
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
𱒃
|
| Hepu (Shatian)
|
𱒃
|
| Guiping
|
細, 小
|
| Guiping (Mule)
|
𱒃
|
| Pingnan
|
細
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
細
|
| Guigang (Gangcheng)
|
細
|
| Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
細
|
| Guigang (Pingdong)
|
細
|
| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
細
|
| Baise
|
細
|
| Bobai
|
細
|
| Lingshan
|
細
|
| Pubei
|
細
|
| Qinzhou
|
細
|
| Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
|
𱒃
|
| Beihai
|
細
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
細
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
𱒃
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
細
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
細, 小
|
| Ningming
|
細
|
| Hengzhou
|
細
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
細
|
| Danzhou
|
細
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
細
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
細
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
細
|
| Móng Cái
|
細
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
細, 小
|
| Lichuan
|
細, 小
|
| Pingxiang
|
細, 小
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
細, 小
|
| Xingning
|
細
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
細
|
| Huiyang
|
細
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
細
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
細
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
細
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
細
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
小
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
細
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
|
細
|
| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
|
細
|
| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
|
細
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
細
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
細
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
細
|
| Jiexi
|
細
|
| Changting
|
細
|
| Wuping
|
細
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
細
|
| Liancheng
|
細
|
| Ninghua
|
小
|
| Yudu
|
細
|
| Ruijin
|
細
|
| Shicheng
|
細
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
細
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
細
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
細
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
細
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
細
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
細
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
細
|
| Hong Kong
|
細
|
| Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
小
|
| Mashan (Pianlian)
|
細
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
細
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
小
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
小
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
小
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
嫩, 細
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
嫩
|
| Fuqing
|
嫩
|
| Yongtai
|
嫩
|
| Gutian
|
嫩
|
| Fu'an
|
嫩
|
| Ningde
|
嫩
|
| Shouning
|
嫩
|
| Zhouning
|
細
|
| Fuding
|
嫩, 細
|
| Matsu
|
嫩
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
細
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
細
|
| Quanzhou
|
細
|
| Jinjiang
|
細
|
| Nan'an
|
細
|
| Hui'an
|
細
|
| Anxi
|
細
|
| Yongchun
|
細
|
| Dehua
|
細
|
| Zhangzhou
|
細
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
細
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
細
|
| Hua'an
|
細
|
| Nanjing
|
細
|
| Pinghe
|
細
|
| Zhangpu
|
細
|
| Yunxiao
|
細
|
| Zhao'an
|
細
|
| Dongshan
|
細
|
| Taipei
|
小, 細
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
小, 細
|
| Kaohsiung
|
小, 細
|
| Yilan
|
小, 細
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
小, 細
|
| Taichung
|
小, 細
|
| Tainan
|
小, 細
|
| Hsinchu
|
小, 細
|
| Kinmen
|
小
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
小
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
細
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
細
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
細
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
細
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
小
|
| Chaozhou
|
細
|
| Shantou
|
細
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
細
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
細
|
| Jieyang
|
細
|
| Haifeng
|
細
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
細
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
細
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
細
|
| Batam (Teochew)
|
細
|
| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
細
|
| Leizhou
|
細
|
| Wenchang
|
細, 孧
|
| Haikou
|
細, 孧
|
| Qionghai
|
孧
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
孧, 細
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
細
|
| Xianyou
|
細
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
細
|
| Nanning (Shajing)
|
細
|
| Binyang (Xinqiao)
|
細
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Chaoyang)
|
細
|
| Guilin (Zhuyuan)
|
細
|
| Lingchuan (Tanxia)
|
細
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
小
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
小
|
| Suzhou
|
小
|
| Danyang
|
小
|
| Hangzhou
|
小
|
| Ningbo
|
小
|
| Wenzhou
|
小, 瑣
|
| Lishui
|
細
|
| Jinyun
|
巧
|
| Jinhua
|
小
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
細, 小
|
| Loudi
|
小
|
| Shuangfeng
|
細
|
| Quanzhou
|
小
|
| Guanyang (Wenshi)
|
小
|
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
尕
- (Xi'an and Lanzhou Mandarin) money
- 有尕 [Guanzhong Mandarin] ― yòugá [Guanzhong Pinyin] ― rich
Dialectal synonyms of
錢 (“money”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
錢, 幣
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
錢, 鈔, 金錢, 錢財
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
錢, 錢兒
|
| Taiwan
|
錢
|
| Malaysia
|
錢
|
| Singapore
|
錢
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
錢
|
| Jinan
|
錢, 票子
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
錢
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
錢兒, 金錢, 錢財
|
| Wanrong
|
錢
|
| Xi'an
|
錢, 尕
|
| Xining
|
錢
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
錢
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Lanzhou
|
尕
|
| Ürümqi
|
麻卡爾
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
錢, 數數
|
| Wuhan
|
錢, 角子
|
| Kunming
|
錢兒
|
| Guilin
|
錢
|
| Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
|
錢
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
鈔票
|
| Yangzhou
|
錢, 鈔票
|
| Hefei
|
錢
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
錢, 銀, 銀紙, 水
|
| Hong Kong
|
錢, 銀, 銀紙, 水, 錢銀, 鐳 slang, 銀兩
|
| Macau
|
錢
|
| Taishan
|
錢, 銀, 銀紙, 鐳
|
| Taishan (Guanghai)
|
錢
|
| Yangjiang
|
錢
|
| Beihai
|
銀紙
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
錢
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
錢
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
錢
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
鐳
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
鐳, 錢
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
錢, 鐳, tiền, 銀紙
|
| Móng Cái
|
錢, tiền
|
| Mandalay (Taishan)
|
錢, 鐳
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
錢
|
| Lichuan
|
錢
|
| Pingxiang
|
錢
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
錢
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
水, 沙水, 沙
|
| Changting
|
錢
|
| Wuping
|
錢
|
| Liancheng
|
錢
|
| Ninghua
|
錢
|
| Yudu
|
錢
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
錢
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
錢
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
錢
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
錢
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
錢
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
錢
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
鐳
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
鈔票, 洋錢
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
錢
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
錢
|
| Songxi
|
錢
|
| Zhenghe
|
錢
|
| Jianyang
|
錢
|
| Wuyishan
|
錢
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
錢
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
錢
|
| Lianjiang
|
錢
|
| Fuqing
|
錢
|
| Pingtan
|
錢
|
| Yongtai
|
錢
|
| Minqing
|
錢
|
| Gutian
|
錢
|
| Pingnan
|
錢
|
| Luoyuan
|
錢
|
| Fu'an
|
錢
|
| Ningde
|
錢
|
| Xiapu
|
錢
|
| Zherong
|
錢
|
| Shouning
|
錢
|
| Zhouning
|
錢
|
| Fuding
|
錢
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
錢
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
錢, 鐳, 銀紙, 錢銀, 銀兩
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
錢, 鐳
|
| Quanzhou
|
錢, 鐳, 銀紙, 錢銀, 銀兩
|
| Jinjiang
|
錢
|
| Nan'an
|
錢
|
| Shishi
|
錢
|
| Hui'an
|
錢
|
| Anxi
|
錢
|
| Yongchun
|
錢
|
| Dehua
|
錢
|
| Zhangzhou
|
錢, 鐳, 阿字仔, 錢銀, 銀兩
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
錢
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
錢
|
| Hua'an
|
鐳
|
| Nanjing
|
鐳, 銀
|
| Pinghe
|
錢
|
| Zhangpu
|
錢
|
| Yunxiao
|
鐳
|
| Zhao'an
|
錢, 鐳
|
| Dongshan
|
錢, 鐳
|
| Taipei
|
錢
|
| Kinmen
|
錢
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
鐳, 錢, 銀
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
鐳, 錢, 銀
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
錢
|
| Longyan
|
錢
|
| Zhangping
|
鐳
|
| Datian
|
錢
|
| Guilin (Biyange)
|
錢
|
| Chaozhou
|
鐳, 銀
|
| Shantou
|
錢, 銀
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
鐳, 銀
|
| Jieyang
|
鐳, 銀
|
| Haifeng
|
錢
|
| Phnom Penh (Teochew)
|
鐳
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
鐳, 錢
|
| Batam (Teochew)
|
鐳, 錢
|
| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
鐳
|
| Leizhou
|
錢
|
| Wenchang
|
錢
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
錢
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
鐳, 錢
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
鐳, 錢
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
鐳, 錢, 票
|
| Xianyou
|
鐳, 錢
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
鐳, 錢
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
錢
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
錢
|
| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
錢
|
| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
錢
|
| Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)
|
錢
|
| Shaojiang Min
|
Shaowu
|
錢, 龍錢, 票兒
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
錢
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
鈔票, 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 老洋, 板板, 血 figuratively, 分 slang, 米 slang
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
鈔票, 銅鈿
|
| Suzhou
|
鈔票, 銅鈿, 票子
|
| Wuxi
|
鈔票, 銅錢
|
| Danyang
|
銅錢, 銅, 洋錢, 錢, 鈔票
|
| Hangzhou
|
鈔票, 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 農年, 牙
|
| Ningbo
|
銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 銅鋃銀子, 鈿
|
| Wenzhou
|
鈔票, 銅鈿, 番錢, 銅鈿銀, 銅鈿板, 銅板, 板
|
| Jinhua
|
鈔票, 洋鈿, 鈿, 銅鈿, 銅鈿銀子
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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錢, 夾老倌
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| Shuangfeng
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錢
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尕: Hán Nôm readings: ca
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