財 (coi4 | cai2 zai4) : wealth; riches; money

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財

coi4

cai2 zai4

wealth; valuables; riches; money

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: (#154)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

財 / 财

This word has been viewed 14504 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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恭喜發財 gung1 hei2 faat3 coi4 gong1 xi3 fa1 cai2 = Chinese New Year greeting

金銀財寶 gam1 ngan4 coi4 bou2 jin1 yin2 cai2 bao3 = treasures, riches

恭喜發財,利是𢭃來 gung1 hei2 faat3 coi4, lei6 si6 dau6 loi4 = a cheeky request for a red packet of lucky money! Happy New Year, let's have a red envelope! 粵

發財 faat3 coi4 fa1 cai2 = to get rich; (mahjong) green dragon

財寶 coi4 bou2 cai2 bao3 = valuables

財神 coi4 san4 cai2 shen2 = the Chinese God of Prosperity; a very wealthy person

財經 coi4 ging1 cai2 jing1 = finance and economics

財產 coi4 caan2 cai2 chan3 = property

財會 coi4 kui2 cai2 kuai4 = financial accounting

財政 coi4 zing3 cai2 zheng4 = public finances; financial
See all 84 compounds (CantoDict reports 88 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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香港嘅財富分配好唔均勻。粵
Hong Kong has a very unequal distribution of wealth.
[There is no verb in this Cantonese sentence.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 財
Unicode code for this character: U+8CA1 (off-site link)

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