現金

See also: 现金

Chinese

		appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current	metal; gold; money
trad. (現金)		現	金
simp. (现金)		现	金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ gam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hien-kîm / hian-kîm
• Eastern Min (BUC): hiêng-gĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-kim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hing⁷ gim¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yi-cin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànjin
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: syàn-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannjin
    • Palladius: сяньцзинь (sjanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 獻金／献金 現今／现今 現金／现金

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin⁶ gam¹
    • Yale: yihn gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² kɐm⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 現今／现今 現金／现金

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hien-kîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: hien gim^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ gim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯en⁵⁵ kim²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hian-kîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: hian gim^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian⁴ gim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯an⁵⁵ kim²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hiêng-gĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-kim
    • Tâi-lô: hiān-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnkym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² kim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hing⁷ gim¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hīng kim
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiŋ¹¹ kim³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yi-cin
    • MiniDict: yi^去 cin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhi-jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

Noun

現金

1. cash (money in the form of notes and coins)

   可提現金額／可提现金额  ―  kě tí xiànjīn é  ―  available withdrawable amount

   對不起，我們只收現金。 [MSC, trad.]
   对不起，我们只收现金。 [MSC, simp.]

   Duìbùqǐ, wǒmen zhǐ shōu xiànjīn. [Pinyin]

   Sorry. We only accept cash.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 現金 (“cash”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		現金, 現款, 現錢, 現鈔
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	現金, 現款, 現鈔
	Harbin	現錢, 活錢兒
	Singapore	現金
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	現錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	現錢兒
	Xi'an	現錢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	現銀, 現把 dated
	Hong Kong	現金, 茄殊, 現錢, 現銀
	Dongguan	現銀, 現金
Gan	Nanchang	現錢
	Lichuan	現錢
Hakka	Meixian	現錢
	Yudu	現錢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	現錢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	現錢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	現錢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	現錢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	現錢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	現錢
Jin	Taiyuan	現錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	現金, 現款, 現錢
	Quanzhou	現金, 現款, 現錢
	Zhangzhou	現金, 現款, 現錢
	Tainan	現金
	Penang (Hokkien)	現金, 現鐳, 現錢
	Manila (Hokkien)	現錢
	Jieyang	現銀
	Leizhou	現錢
Wu	Shanghai	現鈿, 現鈔, 開許 dated
	Ningbo	現鈔
	Wenzhou	現銅錢
Xiang	Changsha	現票子

Hyponyms

• 獎金／奖金 (jiǎngjīn)

Derived terms

• 現金流／现金流 (xiànjīnliú)
• 零用現金／零用现金 (língyòng xiànjīn)

 

Further reading

• “Entry #7621”, 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., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	金
げん Grade: 5	きん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんきん [gèńkíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

Noun

現(げん)金(きん) • (genkin) 

1. cash

   Synonym: キャッシュ (kyasshu)

Adjective

現(げん)金(きん) • (genkin) -na (adnominal 現(げん)金(きん)な (genkin na), adverbial 現(げん)金(きん)に (genkin ni))

1. mercenary, calculating, self-serving

   Synonym: 打算的 (dasanteki)

   彼(かれ)は現金(げんきん)なやつだね。自分(じぶん)しか考(かんが)えてない。

   Kare wa genkin na yatsu da ne. Jibun shika kangaete nai.

   He sure is a self-serving person. He only ever thinks about himself.

Korean

Hanja in this term
現	金

Noun

現金 • (hyeon'geum) (hangeul 현금)

1. hanja form^? of 현금 (“cash”)