銅臭味

Chinese

		odour of cash; money; avariciousness odour of cash; money; avariciousness; affluent person	taste
trad. (銅臭味)		銅臭	味
simp. (铜臭味)		铜臭	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngxiùwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ cau³ mei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngxiùwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngsiòuwèi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-hsiu⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: túng-syòu-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngshiowwey
    • Palladius: тунсювэй (tunsjuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ cau³ mei⁶
    • Yale: tùhng chau meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ tsau³ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ceo³ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɐu̯³³ mei̯²²/

Noun

銅臭味

1. the "stench of copper" (i.e., stench of money); used in derogatory phrases to describe people who seem to be greedy for money

   充滿銅臭味／充满铜臭味  ―  chōngmǎn tóngchòuwèi  ―  having an overbearing stench of copper