joss paper

English

Noun

joss paper (plural joss papers)

A sheet of paper or other papercraft item used as a burnt offering in traditional Chinese veneration of the dead.

Translations

sheet of paper used as a burnt offering

Chinese:
Cantonese: 陰司紙, 阴司纸 (jam¹ si¹ zi²), 冥鏹, 冥镪 (ming⁵ koeng⁵)

Mandarin: 紙錢 (zh), 纸钱 (zh) (zhǐqián), 神紙 (zh), 神纸 (zh) (shénzhǐ), 金紙, 金纸 (jīnzhǐ), 陰司紙, 阴司纸 (yīnsīzhǐ), 冥幣 (zh), 冥币 (míngbì)
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Finnish: joss-paperi
French: billet funéraire m

Italian: banconota funeraria f
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Thai: กระดาษเงินกระดาษทอง (th) (grà-dàat-ngəən-grà-dàat-tɔɔng)
Vietnamese: đồ mã, mã (vi), tiền âm phủ, tiền vàng bạc, tiền vàng mã

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