一干水 (jat1 gon1 seoi2 | ) : $1000

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一干水

jat1 gon1 seoi2

[slang] one thousand dollars ($1,000)
[synonym] 一千文, 一撇水, 一撇嘢, 金牛

[etymology] 干 is chosen as the slang version of 千 simply because these two characters look very alike in written form.

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

一干水

This word has been viewed 1517 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 14th Mar 2011 12:11

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Characters in this word:

一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
干 gon1 - offend; interfere; concern
水 seoi2 - water; liquid; dough (money)

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