現金 (jin6 gam1 | xian4 jin1) : cash

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現金

jin6 gam1

xian4 jin1

cash

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 6,300,000

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

現金 / 现金

This word has been viewed 6656 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 7th Feb 2005 08:17 and last edited on 2nd Jun 2015 17:31

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Characters in this word:

現 jin6 - appear, emerge; now; available
金 gam1 - gold

5 compounds containing this word:

現金王 - [n] someone with much money (lit., "king of cash")
現金咭 - a cash card
現金緊拙 - short of cash
現金券 - cash cheque/check / certificate / coupon
現金是皇帝 - "cash is king"

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我或者畀現金或者簽咭。粵
Ｍaybe I'll pay by cash, or maybe I'll pay by card.
[Lit. I maybe give cash maybe sign card]

簽咭平過畀現金。粵
Paying by card is cheaper than using cash.
[Lit. sign card cheap than give cash]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

現今 jin6 gam1 xian4 jin1 = now, nowadays, modern

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Decimal representation of this word: 現金

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