# 阿字仔
## Chinese
### Etymology

From 紙字／纸字 (chóa-jī, “banknote”).

### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-jī-á
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-jī-á
*** Tâi-lô: a-jī-á
*** Phofsit Daibuun: aji'ar
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

### Noun

阿字仔
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien, humorous) money; cash

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 錢, 幣 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 錢, 鈔, 金錢, 錢財 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 錢, 錢兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 錢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 錢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 錢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 錢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 錢, 票子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 錢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 錢兒, 金錢, 錢財 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 錢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 錢, 尕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 錢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 錢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 尕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 麻卡爾 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 錢, 數數 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 錢, 角子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 錢兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 錢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 錢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鈔票 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 錢, 鈔票 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 錢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 錢, 銀, 銀紙, 水 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 錢, 銀, 銀紙, 水, 錢銀, 鐳 slang, 銀兩 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 錢 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 錢, 銀, 銀紙, 鐳 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 錢 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 錢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 銀紙 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 錢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 錢 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 錢 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鐳 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鐳, 錢 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 錢, 鐳, tiền, 銀紙 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 錢, tiền |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 錢, 鐳 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 錢 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 錢 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 錢 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 錢 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 水, 沙水, 沙 |
| Hakka | Changting | 錢 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 錢 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 錢 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 錢 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 錢 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 錢 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 錢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 錢 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 錢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 錢 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 錢 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 鐳 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鈔票, 洋錢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 錢 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 錢 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 錢 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 錢 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 錢 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 錢 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 錢, 鐳, 銀紙, 錢銀, 銀兩 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 錢, 鐳 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 錢, 鐳, 銀紙, 錢銀, 銀兩 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 錢, 鐳, 阿字仔, 錢銀, 銀兩 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 鐳 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 鐳, 銀 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 鐳 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 錢, 鐳 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 錢, 鐳 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鐳, 錢, 銀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鐳, 錢, 銀 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 鐳 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鐳, 銀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 錢, 銀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 鐳, 銀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鐳, 銀 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Phnom Penh (Teochew) | 鐳 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鐳, 錢 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 鐳, 錢 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 鐳 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 錢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 錢 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鐳, 錢 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 鐳, 錢 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 鐳, 錢, 票 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鐳, 錢 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 鐳, 錢 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 錢 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 錢 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 錢 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 錢 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 錢 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 錢, 龍錢, 票兒 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 錢 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鈔票, 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 老洋, 板板, 血 figuratively, 分 slang, 米 slang |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鈔票, 銅鈿 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鈔票, 銅鈿, 票子 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 鈔票, 銅錢 |
| Wu | Danyang | 銅錢, 銅, 洋錢, 錢, 鈔票 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鈔票, 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 農年, 牙 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 銅鋃銀子, 鈿 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鈔票, 銅鈿, 番錢, 銅鈿銀, 銅鈿板, 銅板, 板 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鈔票, 洋鈿, 鈿, 銅鈿, 銅鈿銀子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 錢, 夾老倌 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 錢 |