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番爿錢,唐山福

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: huêng1 boin5 zin5
POJ: hueng-pôiⁿ-tsîⁿ
Variety: chaozhou
Peng'im: deng5 suan1 hog4
POJ: tûrng-suaⁿ-hok
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

idiom: money earned in foreign lands will gain happiness in China (a saying about overseas remittances)
番爿錢,唐山福

2 candidate readings from Wiktionary — genuine Chaozhou colloquial form not yet confirmed by a speaker. The two readings are the pronunciations of the two halves of this saying (番爿錢 / 唐山福), read together as one phrase, not alternate readings of a single word.

Usage: historical

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