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"ref": "2013, Khoo Boo Eng, A Simple Approach to Taoism: Festivals, Worship and Rituals, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN:",
"text": "There is also a difference in the joss papers. For spirits (souls), the joss paper is silver. Gold is generally meant for gods and deities. Depending on the financial status of the family, the offering of food can be on the high end.",
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"A sheet of paper or other papercraft item used as a burnt offering in traditional Chinese veneration of the dead."
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"word": "ghost money"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jam¹ si¹ zi²",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "陰司紙 /阴司纸"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "ming⁵ koeng⁵",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "冥鏹 /冥镪"
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"roman": "zhǐqián",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "紙錢 /纸钱"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shénzhǐ",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "神紙 /神纸"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīnzhǐ",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "金紙 /金纸"
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"roman": "yīnsīzhǐ",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "陰司紙 /阴司纸"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "míngbì",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "冥幣 /冥币"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "joss-paperi"
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"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
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"word": "billet funéraire"
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"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
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"word": "banconota funeraria"
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"roman": "grà-dàat-ngəən-grà-dàat-tɔɔng",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "กระดาษเงินกระดาษทอง"
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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",
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"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "mã"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "tiền âm phủ"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "tiền vàng bạc"
},
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "tiền vàng mã"
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"word": "joss paper"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jam¹ si¹ zi²",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "陰司紙 /阴司纸"
},
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "ming⁵ koeng⁵",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "冥鏹 /冥镪"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐqián",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "紙錢 /纸钱"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shénzhǐ",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "神紙 /神纸"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīnzhǐ",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "金紙 /金纸"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīnsīzhǐ",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "陰司紙 /阴司纸"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "míngbì",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "冥幣 /冥币"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "joss-paperi"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "billet funéraire"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "banconota funeraria"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "billete funerario"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dinero fantasma"
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"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"
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{
"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"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "sheet of paper used as a burnt offering",
"word": "tiền vàng mã"
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"word": "joss paper"
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