按錢

Chinese

		to press (with the hand); to push; to control to press (with the hand); to push; to control; to restrain; to check; pressing down (brush movement in painting); according to; in the light of	coin; money
trad. (按錢)		按	錢
simp. (按钱)		按	钱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àn-chîⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànqián
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àncián
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-chʻien²
    • Yale: àn-chyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annchyan
    • Palladius: аньцянь (anʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àn-chîⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: àn-tsînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: arncvii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sĩ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /an²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/

Verb

按⫽錢 (verb-object)

1. (Hokkien) to pawn; to borrow money while depositing an item as collateral from a pawnshop or someone for later payment
2. (Malaysian and Singapore Mandarin) to withdraw money (from an ATM, etc.)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 提款 (“to withdraw money”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		提款, 取款, 領款
Mandarin	Taiwan	提款, 提錢, 領錢, 取錢
	Harbin	取錢
	Guilin	取錢
	Malaysia	提款, 拿錢, 按錢 ATM
	Singapore	拿錢, 按錢 ATM
Cantonese	Hong Kong	攞錢, 撳錢 ATM, 撳機 ATM
	Singapore (Guangfu)	撳鐳 ATM, 撳錢 ATM
Hakka	Kuching (Hepo)	撿鐳
Northern Min	Jian'ou	領錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	領錢
	Jinjiang	領錢
	Tainan	領錢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	揤鐳 ATM, 捏鐳 ATM
	Manila (Hokkien)	領錢
Note	ATM - from an automated teller machine