# 趁錢
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chènqián
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chènqián
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chèncián
*** Wade–Giles: chʻên$^4$-chʻien$^2$
*** Yale: chèn-chyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennchyan
*** Palladius: чэньцянь (čɛnʹcjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$稱錢 / 称钱 趁錢 / 趁钱

#### Adjective

趁錢
* (Mandarin, regional, colloquial) wealthy; well-off; loaded

##### Synonyms

* 優裕 / 优裕 (yōuyù)
* 多金 (duōjīn) (literary)
* 好康 (Hokkien)
* 好額 / 好额 (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka)
* 富有 (fùyǒu)
* 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
* 富裕 (fùyù)
* 富貴 / 富贵 (fùguì) (wealthy and respectable)
* 富足 (fùzú)
* 寬綽 / 宽绰 (kuānchuò)
* 寬裕 / 宽裕 (kuānyù)
* 寬鬆 / 宽松 (kuānsōng)
* 有米 (jau$^5$ mai$^5$) (Cantonese)
* 有錢 / 有钱 (yǒuqián)
* 有鐳 / 有镭 (Hokkien)
* 殷富 (yīnfù) (archaic)
* 殷實 (yīnshí)
* 活潑 / 活泼 (huópō) (literary)
* 潤屋 / 润屋 (rùnwū) (literary)
* 萬貫 / 万贯 (wànguàn) (dated)
* 肥實 / 肥实 (féishí) (colloquial)
* 肥饒 / 肥饶 (féiráo) (literary)
* 腰裡橫 / 腰里横 (yāolǐhèng) (Northern Mandarin, slang)
* 膏腴 (Hokkien)
* 華貴 / 华贵 (huáguì)
* 闊 / 阔 (kuò)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chènqián
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
* Northern Min (KCR): te̿ng-cîng
* Eastern Min (BUC): tíng-*cièng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): teng$^4$ zing$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thàn-chîⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tang$^3$ zin$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chènqián
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chèncián
*** Wade–Giles: chʻên$^4$-chʻien$^2$
*** Yale: chèn-chyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennchyan
*** Palladius: чэньцянь (čɛnʹcjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$稱錢 / 称钱 趁錢 / 趁钱
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: te̿ng-cîng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰeiŋ³³ t͡siŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tíng-*cièng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sieŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: teng$^4$ zing$^2$ [Phonetic: teng$^4$ ning$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɛŋ⁴² $^{(t͡s-)}$niŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: teng$^4$ zing$^2$ [Phonetic: teng$^1$ ning$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɛŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t͡s-)}$niŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàn-chîⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: thàn-tsînn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tarncvii
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /tʰan²¹⁻⁴² t͡sĩ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sĩ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tang$^3$ zin$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thàng tsîⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

#### Verb

趁錢
* (obsolete or Min, dialectal Wu) to earn money; to make money
       kó̤ nguôi-dê tíng-*cièng / [kʰɔ²¹³ ŋui²⁴²⁻⁵³ $^{(t-)}$lɛi²⁴² tʰiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sieŋ⁵³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
       to leave one's hometown to make money

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 賺錢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 賺錢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 賺錢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 賺錢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 賺錢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 賺錢兒, 掙錢兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 掙錢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 賺錢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 賺錢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 賺錢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 賺錢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 賺錢, 掙錢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 賺錢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 賺錢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 賺錢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 賺錢, 鏟水 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 賺錢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 賺錢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 賺錢 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 賺錢 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 賺錢 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 賺錢 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 賺錢 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 賺錢 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 賺錢 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 賺錢, 賺鈔票 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 賺錢, 掙錢 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 掙錢 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 趁錢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 趁錢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 趁錢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 趁鐳 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 趁錢 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 趁錢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 趁錢, 趁鐳 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 趁錢 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 趁鐳 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 趁鐳 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 趁錢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 趁錢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 趁錢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 趁錢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 趁鐳 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 博錢 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 趁錢 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 搵錢, 賺錢 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 賺銅鈿 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 賺銅鈿, 賺銅錢 |
| Wu | Danyang | 賺銅 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 賺銅鈿, 賺鈔票 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 近鈔票 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 賺銅錢 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 賺錢 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 賺錢 |

### References

* “Entry #9122”, 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., 2025.