# 現金
## Chinese

* 現金 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Hiān-kim (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiànjīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^6$ gam$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hien-kîm / hian-kîm
    (Hailu, HRS): hien$^˖$ gim$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hiêng-gĭng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-kim
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hing$^7$ gim$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yi-cin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiànjīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siànjin
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^4$-chin$^1$
*** Yale: syàn-jīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannjin
*** Palladius: сяньцзинь (sjanʹczinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$獻金 / 献金 現今 / 现今 現金 / 现金
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^6$ gam$^1$
*** Yale: yihn gām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^6$ gam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^6$ gem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn²² kɐm⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$現今 / 现今 現金 / 现金
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hien-kîm
*** Hakka Romanization System: hien gim$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hian$^4$ gim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯en⁵⁵ kim²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hian-kîm
*** Hakka Romanization System: hian gim$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hian$^4$ gim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯an⁵⁵ kim²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hien$^˖$ gim$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /hien³³ kim⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hiêng-gĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /hieŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$ŋiŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-kim
*** Tâi-lô: hiān-kim
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnkym
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² kim³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ kim⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hing$^7$ gim$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hīng kim
*** Sinological IPA : /hiŋ¹¹ kim³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yi-cin
*** MiniDict: yi$^去$ cin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhi-jin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

### Noun

現金
* cash (money in the form of notes and coins)
    可提現金額／可提现金额 ― kě tí xiànjīn é ― available withdrawable amount
       Duìbùqǐ, wǒmen zhǐ shōu xiànjīn. [Pinyin]
       Sorry. We only accept cash.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 現金, 現款, 現錢, 現鈔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 現金, 現款, 現鈔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 現錢, 活錢兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 現金 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 現錢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 現錢兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 現錢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 現銀, 現把 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 現金, 茄殊, 現錢, 現銀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 現銀, 現金 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 現錢 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 現錢 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 現錢 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 現錢 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 現錢 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 現錢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 現錢 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 現錢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 現錢 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 現錢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 現錢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 現金, 現款, 現錢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 現金, 現款, 現錢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 現金, 現款, 現錢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 現金 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 現金, 現鐳, 現錢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 現錢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 現銀 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 現錢 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 現鈿, 現鈔, 開許 dated |
| Wu | Ningbo | 現鈔 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 現銅錢 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 現票子 |

#### Hyponyms

* 獎金／奖金 (jiǎngjīn)

#### Derived terms

* 現金流 / 现金流 (xiànjīnliú)
* 零用現金 / 零用现金 (língyòng xiànjīn)

### Further reading

* “Entry #7621”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 現 | 金 |
| げん Grade: 5 | きん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) げんきん [gèńkíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [ɡẽ̞ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

### Noun

現(げん)金(きん) • (genkin)
* cash
    Synonym: キャッシュ (kyasshu)

### Adjective

現(げん)金(きん) • (genkin) -na (adnominal 現(げん)金(きん)な (genkin na), adverbial 現(げん)金(きん)に (genkin ni))
* mercenary, calculating, self-serving
    Synonym: 打算的 (dasanteki)
    彼(かれ)は現金(げんきん)なやつだね。自分(じぶん)しか考(かんが)えてない。
       Kare wa genkin na yatsu da ne. Jibun shika kangaete nai.
       He sure is a self-serving person. He only ever thinks about himself.

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 現 | 金 |

### Noun

現金 • (hyeon'geum) (hangeul 현금)
* hanja form of 현금 (“cash”)