元寶
simp元宝jyun4 bou2Yuán bǎoyuán bǎo
English
- see 元寶區|元宝区[Yuan2 bao3 Qu1]
- a silver or gold ingot
- an ancient currency of China, made using silver or gold
- mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship)
- a name for ancient currency
- a rare genius
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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