奶粉錢
简 奶粉钱 · 繁 奶粉錢Meanings
- milk money [written and colloquial]; living and education cost for raising a child [colloquial]
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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: nai3fen3 qian2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
naai5 fan2 cin2
Cantonese word readings for 奶粉錢. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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noun
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) money used to raise one's children
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