一蚊 (jat1 man1 | ) : One dollar; ten thousand, ten thousand dollars

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一蚊

jat1 man1

[1] One dollar. Although very commonly used in written Cantonese, it is more appropriately written as 一文, as 蚊is the character for 'mosquito'. [2] ten thousand, ten thousand dollars (depending on the context e.g., triad slang)

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 18,300

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

一蚊

This word was added by takeru on 21st Jun 2005 09:39 and last edited on 29th Mar 2009 18:44

Characters in this word:

一 jat1 - number one
蚊 man1 man4 - mosquito

1 compounds containing this word:

慳得一蚊得一蚊 - [粵] saving money by the dollar

Showing 1 example containing 一蚊

一蚊一隻雞好抵買。粵
One dollar for a chicken is so worth buying it.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

一文 jat1 man1 = one dollar; one yuan 粵

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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.
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Decimal representation of this word: 一蚊

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