燒紙

Chinese

		to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever	paper
trad. (燒紙)		燒	紙
simp. (烧纸)		烧	纸

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāozhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sio-chóa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāozhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shaojhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹-chih³
    • Yale: shāu-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaujyy
    • Palladius: шаочжи (šaočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ zi²
    • Yale: sīu jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-chóa
    • Tâi-lô: sio-tsuá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioizoar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio³³ t͡sua⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua⁴¹/

Verb

燒紙

1. (literally) to burn paper
2. to burn paper offerings for the dead

   本人已死，有事燒紙 [MSC, trad.]
   本人已死，有事烧纸 [MSC, simp.]

   běnrén yǐ sǐ, yǒushì shāozhǐ [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (to burn paper offerings): 燒紙錢; (Hokkien) 燒金／烧金, 燒銀／烧银

Derived terms

• 燒紙引鬼／烧纸引鬼

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāozhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāozhǐ → shāozhi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄓˇ → ㄕㄠ ˙ㄓ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shaojhi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹-chih⁵
    • Yale: shāu-jr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shau.jyy
    • Palladius: шаочжи (šaočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ zi²
    • Yale: sīu jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

燒紙

1. paper money burnt as offering for the dead

Synonyms

• 紙錢／纸钱 (zhǐqián)