DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT
愛財如命
简 爱财如命 · 繁 愛財如命Mandarin · pinyin ài cái rú mìng
Meanings
- lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
- fig. avaricious
- tightfisted
Characters in this entry
Explore the spelling
Mandarin tones
4–2–2–4 · ai4 cai2 ru2 ming4
Compare attested words with these syllables ↗Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.
Connected dictionary
5character links
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
oi3 coi4 jyu4 ming6
Cantonese word readings for 愛財如命. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack
oi3 coi4 jyu4 ming6
Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.
Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
phrase
- (simile) to love money as if it were one's life; to be extremely stingy or greedy for money
Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack