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Report Lori • June 29, 2011 6:09 PM BST
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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