Phrase guide

joss paper

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ghost money, spirit money

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 陰司紙 /阴司纸 (jam1 si1 zi2) — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Chinese Cantonese: 冥鏹 /冥镪 (ming5 koeng5) — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紙錢 /纸钱 (zhǐqián) — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神紙 /神纸 (shénzhǐ) — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Chinese Mandarin: 金紙 /金纸 (jīnzhǐ) — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陰司紙 /阴司纸 (yīnsīzhǐ) — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冥幣 /冥币 (míngbì) — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Finnish: joss-paperi — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • French: billet funéraire — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Italian: banconota funeraria — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Spanish: billete funerario — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Spanish: dinero fantasma — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Spanish: dinero de espíritu — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Thai: กระดาษเงินกระดาษทอง (grà-dàat-ngəən-grà-dàat-tɔɔng) — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Vietnamese: đồ mã — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Vietnamese: mã — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Vietnamese: tiền âm phủ — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Vietnamese: tiền vàng bạc — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering
  • Vietnamese: tiền vàng mã — sheet of paper used as a burnt offering