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English

1. paper money for the dead
2. Paper coins: a kind of joss paper works as coins in hell, usually used to spread on the road for the homeless ghost. It was previous chopped in copper coin shape, but now for simplicity only a coin shape hole was punched on rectangle paper instead. Literally: river coinsunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一種冥鏹。祭祀用嘅紙錢，係陰間面額最細嘅散紙，通常會用來撒於路上送畀孤魂野鬼。以往會裁成銅錢狀出售，而家簡化咗，響長方型白紙上打銅錢形狀嘅窿代替。unreviewed?

Examples

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  路祭好多時會灑溪錢，用嚟收買現場嘅孤魂野鬼，希望佢地唔好搞事主。

  In roadside mourning paper coins are often spread on the scene to bribe the homeless ghosts around, in a hope that they will leave the victim alone.