"便士" meaning in Chinese

See 便士 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /piːn²² siː²²⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: From English pence. Etymology templates: {{bor|zh|en|pence}} English pence Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 便士
  1. penny
    Sense id: en-便士-zh-noun-A9BPf868 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "pence"
      },
      "expansion": "English pence",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English pence.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "便士",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "penny"
      ],
      "id": "en-便士-zh-noun-A9BPf868",
      "links": [
        [
          "penny",
          "penny"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biànshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin⁶ si⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biànshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biànshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pien⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "byàn-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biannshyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bjanʹši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бяньши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "便士",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "便是",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "辨識",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "辨识",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "遍視",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "遍视",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin⁶ si⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bihn sí"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin⁶ si⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin⁶ xi⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn²² siː²²⁻³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "便士"
}
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        "2": "en",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English pence.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "便士",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms borrowed from English",
        "Chinese terms derived from English",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 便",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 士",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "penny"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "penny",
          "penny"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biànshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin⁶ si⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biànshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biànshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pien⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "byàn-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "biannshyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bjanʹši",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "бяньши"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "便士",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "便是",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "辨識",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "辨识",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "遍視",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "遍视",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin⁶ si⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bihn sí"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin⁶ si⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bin⁶ xi⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piːn²² siː²²⁻³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "便士"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 便士 meaning in Chinese (3.0kB)

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