封利是要幾蚊雞?Idiomatic Labels for Monetary Values




Whether you are stuffing red packets or counting your red packet money, you may be hearing these money terms more often during Chinese New Year:



Value
Informal name
Unacceptable Derivative Use
錯誤用法
Label based on appearance of coin/bank note
$0.10  一毫
一粒臣


$1 一元
一雞/一蚊/一蚊雞

一蚊銀
$10 十元
10蚊/10蚊雞

青蟹
$100 一百元
一舊/一舊水
*一百蚊雞
紅衫魚
$1,000一千元
1K/一棟
*十舊水
金牛
$10,000 一萬元
一皮嘢/一個/一粒
*一粒水 *一粒蚊

$100,000 十萬元
十個/十皮嘢
*十個雞

$1,000,000 一百萬元
一球/一百個
*一百皮






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