揮金如土

Chinese

		scatter; wield; wipe away	metal; gold; money	as (if); such as	earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
trad. (揮金如土)		揮	金	如	土
simp. (挥金如土)		挥	金	如	土

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huījīnrútǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟㄐㄧㄣㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹ gam¹ jyu⁴ tou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huījīnrútǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟㄐㄧㄣㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueijinrutuu
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fai¹ gam¹ jyu⁴ tou²
  - Yale: fāi gām yùh tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹ gam¹ jy⁴ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei¹ gem¹ yu⁴ tou²
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹ tʰou̯³⁵/

Idiom

揮金如土

to spend money like water; to spend money extravagantly

Synonyms

揮霍無度／挥霍无度 (huīhuòwúdù)

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