粵

元jyun4寶bou2

simp元宝
jyun4 bou2Yuán bǎoyuán bǎo

English

  1. see 元寶區|元宝区[Yuan2 bao3 Qu1]
  2. a silver or gold ingot
  3. an ancient currency of China, made using silver or gold
  4. mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship)
  5. a name for ancient currency
  6. a rare genius

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 中國古代貨幣嘅一種,由銀或者金鑄造;亦都可以泛指中國古代嘅錢

Examples

  • 清明嗰陣我哋會摺啲紙元寶去燒。

    During Ching Ming Festival, we would make some Chinese gold money origami and burn it for our ancestors.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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