Slang termsIn Hong Kong, the following are slang terms used to refer to various amounts of money:
辰砂: cents (Rarely used; lit. cinnabar, ground (therefore small-size) which used in Chinese medicine) 斗零: 5¢ coins (lit. weight of the coin ,approximately 1.37g; 5¢ is no longer in circulation.) 大餅: $1 (lit. big cracker; Refer to its circular shape.) 草/兜/條: $10 (lit. grass/bowl/stripe; Slang terms.) 青蟹: $10 (lit. green crab; Refer to the colour of the old style banknotes.) 花蟹/公仔紙: $10 (lit. flowery crab, colourful paper; Refer to the colour of the new style banknotes.) 舊水: $100 (lit. a lump of water; "Water" stands for money in Cantonese) 紅底、紅衫魚: $100 (lit. red back, red snapper; Refer to the red colour of the notes.) 大牛: $500 (lit. big bull); Refer to a picture of a bull on the note in pre-war.) 金牛: $1,000 (lit. golden bull; Refer to the gold colour of the notes.) 皮: $10,000 (lit. skin; Slang term.) 棟: $1,000 (lit. building; Uncommon slang term.) 雞嘢: $10,000 (lit. chicken stuff; Uncommon slang term, can also mean $1) 餅: $10,000 (lit. cracker; Uncommon slang term.) 球: $1,000,000 (lit. ball; Slang term, usually used in buying stocks.) 碼: $1,000,000,000 (lit. yard; )
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Slang termsIn Hong Kong, the following are slang terms used to refer to various amounts of money:辰砂: cents (Rarely used; lit. cinnabar, ground (therefore small-size) which used in Chinese medicine)斗零: 5¢ coins (lit. weight of the coin ,appro