財 (coi4) — wealth; valuables; riches; money in Cantonese
coiˎ₄財简 财
Mandarin Pinyin: cai2
Meaning of 財
nounwealth; valuables; riches; money
Example Sentences with 財
hoengˉ¹香gongˊ²港ge˗₃嘅coiˎ₄財fu˗₃富fanˉ¹分pui˗₃配houˊ²好mˎ₄唔gwanˉ¹均wanˎ₄勻。
Hong Kong has a very unequal distribution of wealth.
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋saiˊ²洗kip˗₃劫zoˊ²咗coiˎ₄財mat6.物。
They plundered the valuables.
gungˉ¹恭heiˊ²喜faat˗₃發coi4!財！
Wishing you prosperity!
coiˎ₄財futˍ₆富lauˉ¹溜zauˊ²走zo2.了。
Wealth has vanished.
faat˗₃發coiˎ₄財laa˗₃喇！
Got rich!
Words Containing 財
財源coi4 jyun4
financial resources; source of revenue
正財zing3 coi4
righteous, legal source of money, which a person earned legally by working - - [also see] 橫財 , 偏財
莫財mok6 coi4
to experience bad fortune; to be poor | also 莫水
財主佬coi4 zyu2 lou2
rich, wealthy
財產估價coi4 caan2 gu2 gaa3
assessment
財政司司長coi4 zing3 si1 si1 zoeng2
Financial Secretary - 2nd deputy head of Hong Kong Government
升官發財sing1 gun1 faat3 coi4
be promoted and get rich
財路coi4 lou6
source of income, wealth (very prosperous, etc.)
恭喜發財,紅包拿來gung1 hei2 faat3 coi4 hung4 baau1 naa4 loi4
A cheeky request for a red packet of lucky money! Said at Chinese New Year, for example, to an older (and hopefully both generous and wealthy) relative
理財lei5 coi4
arrange the finance
財神coi4 san4
the Chinese God of Prosperity; a very wealthy person
財源廣進coi4 jyun4 gwong2 zeon3
(making) plenty of money
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