粵

燒siu1錢cin2

simp烧钱
siu1 cin2shāo qián

English

  1. to burn joss paper
  2. (fig.) to flush money down the toilet
  3. to spend lots of money; literally: to burn money

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 使好多錢

Examples

  • 噉燒錢法,公司下年就執竺。

    If (our) company's cash burn continues, it will close next year.

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

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