"joss paper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: joss papers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} joss paper (plural joss papers)
  1. A sheet of paper or other papercraft item used as a burnt offering in traditional Chinese veneration of the dead. Synonyms: ghost money, spirit money Translations (sheet of paper used as a burnt offering): 陰司紙 (Chinese Cantonese), 阴司纸 (jam¹ si¹ zi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 冥鏹 (Chinese Cantonese), 冥镪 (ming⁵ koeng⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 紙錢 (Chinese Mandarin), 纸钱 (zhǐqián) (Chinese Mandarin), 神紙 (Chinese Mandarin), 神纸 (shénzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 金紙 (Chinese Mandarin), 金纸 (jīnzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 陰司紙 (Chinese Mandarin), 阴司纸 (yīnsīzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 冥幣 (Chinese Mandarin), 冥币 (míngbì) (Chinese Mandarin), joss-paperi (Finnish), billet funéraire [masculine] (French), banconota funeraria [feminine] (Italian), billete funerario [masculine] (Spanish), dinero fantasma [masculine] (Spanish), dinero de espíritu [masculine] (Spanish), กระดาษเงินกระดาษทอง (grà-dàat-ngəən-grà-dàat-tɔɔng) (Thai), đồ mã (Vietnamese), (Vietnamese), tiền âm phủ (Vietnamese), tiền vàng bạc (Vietnamese), tiền vàng mã (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "billet funéraire"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
          "word": "đồ mã"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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          "word": "mã"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "陰司紙"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jam¹ si¹ zi²",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "阴司纸"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "冥鏹"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "冥镪"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "紙錢"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "神紙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénzhǐ",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "神纸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "金紙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīnzhǐ",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "金纸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "陰司紙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīnsīzhǐ",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "阴司纸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "冥幣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "míngbì",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "冥币"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "joss-paperi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "billet funéraire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "banconota funeraria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "billete funerario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dinero fantasma"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dinero de espíritu"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà-dàat-ngəən-grà-dàat-tɔɔng",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "กระดาษเงินกระดาษทอง"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "đồ mã"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "mã"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "tiền âm phủ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "tiền vàng bạc"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
      "word": "tiền vàng mã"
    }
  ],
  "word": "joss paper"
}

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