斗令 (dau2 ling6*2 | ) : a 5 cent coin, five cents; "darling" as a loanword

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斗令

dau2 ling6*2

[1] a 5 cent coin, five cents (also sometimes seen as 斗零) [2] "darling" as a loanword

The 10 characters 支神斗蘇馬令侯庄彎享 were used by merchants to represent the 10 numerals respectively. According to 廣州話點解 (p.60), one silver dollar weighed 七錢二分 and one dime weighed 七分二厘 before WWII. Therefore, half a dime 斗令 was equal to 三分六厘. It is noted that 斗 and 令 represented 3 and 6 on the list, and 3 and 6 referred to 三分六厘.

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This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

斗令

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斗 dau2 - measurement unit for grains
令 ling6 - order; cause; season

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