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一蚊
jat1 man1 |
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[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: 2 Google Frequency: 18,300 This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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This word has been viewed 5793 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by takeru on 21st Jun 2005 09:39 and last edited on 31st Oct 2012 01:28 |
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Characters in this word:一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little蚊 man1 man4 - mosquito 1 compounds containing this word:慳得一蚊得一蚊 - [粵] saving money by the dollar |
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One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:一文 jat1 man1 = one dollar; one yuan 粵 Legend 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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