paper money
英語
編輯發音
編輯詞源1
編輯由 paper (「紙」, 名詞) + money (「金錢」, 名詞) 複合而成。
名詞
編輯詞源2
編輯其他形式
編輯名詞
編輯- 紙錢
- 近義詞：hell money
- 1848, Samuel Wells Williams, The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants，第 558 頁:
- Moreover, you say that serving Fuh is a profitable service; that if you burn paper money, present offerings, and keep fasts before the face of your god Fuh, he will dissipate calamities, blot out your sins, increase your happiness, and prolong your age!
- 此外，你還可以說侍奉福神是一項有利可圖的禮拜；如果你在福神面前焚燒紙錢、獻上供品並齋戒，他將消除你的災禍罪孽、增加你的幸福、延長你的壽命！
- 1873, William Curry, Jun., & Company, The Dublin University Magazine, 第 81 卷，第 393 頁:
- Tablets in honour of the dead are set up in every house over a sort of family altar; and at certain times flowers are offered and paper-money is burned at these shrines.
- 每家每戶都會在類似家庭祭壇的地方供奉牌位，以紀念死者；在特定時間，人們會在這些神龕上獻上鮮花、焚燒紙錢。
- 1893, Henry Addison Nelson, Albert B. Robinson, The Church at Home and Abroad，第 108 頁:
- Tsze Chien means “paper money” – not the real bank notes which are so extensively used in China as money but the make-believe tinsel money which the Chinese burn as part of their religious worship.
- 「紙錢」的意思是「紙做的錢幣」——並非中國廣泛使用的真正的鈔票，而是中國人在宗教禮拜中焚燒的仿製錢。
- 1931, United States National Museum, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 第 80 卷，第 75 頁:
- People had also begun to burn paper money (it was believed that burning transformed it into real money that could be used by the departed souls in hades) instead of placing actual coins in the tombs.
- 人們也開始焚燒紙錢（人們相信焚燒紙錢可以使其變成真正的錢幣，供冥界的亡靈使用），而不是在墳墓中放置真正的硬幣。
- 1967, C. Y. Lee, The land of the golden mountain，第 175 頁:
- “Let’s burn the paper money,” Mai Mai said. She brought out a stack of yellow paper from her pocket – coarse paper with small circles cut in it to represent coins. Longevity lighted the paper money and kowtowed another time.
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- 1985, Joseph Needham, Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin, Science and Civilisation in China，第 102 頁:
- The paper money for the spirits consisted of imitations either of metal coins or of real money, but the latter had different sets of inscriptions and patterns to distinguish it from counterfeit money.
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 1996, Joo Ee Khoo, The Straits Chinese: A Cultural History，第 53 頁:
- After paying homage to the departed, the ritual is concluded by a libation of rice wine poured on to an additional stack of burning paper money.
- 在向逝者表達敬意之後，向另一疊燃燒的紙錢上倒上米酒，儀式便結束了。
- 2003, Charles de Ledesma, Mark Lewis, Pauline Savage, The rough guide to Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei，第 414 頁:
- Supplicants burn paper money and joss sticks, and pray for good fortune to the temple deity, Tua Pek Kong.
- 信徒們焚燒紙錢和香，向廟裡的神靈大伯公祈求好運。
- 2007, Catherine Chambers, End-of-life rituals，第 7 頁:
- Many societies follow traditional funeral rites and practices. In China, this may involve burning paper money or possessions for the deceased to use in the afterlife.
- 許多社會都遵循傳統的葬禮儀式和習俗。在中國，葬禮可能包括焚燒紙錢或遺物，供死者在來世使用。
- 2016, Kelly Jackson-Nash, CultureShock! Singapore，第 [unpaginated] 頁:
- If a mourner is either Taoist or Buddhist they may hold a burning joss stick while bowing. A family member will usually be kneeling nearby to burn joss sticks and paper money.
- 如果弔唁者是道教徒或佛教徒，他們可能會手持一枝香鞠躬行禮。家庭成員通常會跪在旁邊焚香和紙錢。
- 2017, Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet Discover Malaysia & Singapore: Top sights, authentic experiences，第 [unpaginated] 頁:
- Built in the early 19th century by the first Hokkien and Cantonese settlers in Penang, the temple isn’t so impressive architecturally, but it’s very central and popular with the Chinese community, and seems to be forever swathed in smoke from the outside furnaces where whorshippers burn paper money, and from the incense sticks waved around inside.
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
用法說明
編輯- 儘管在書面作品中並不少見，但在英語口語中並不常用。另外，此詞通常與動詞 burn 搭配，即 burn paper money ― 燒紙錢。