金玉

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	jade
simp. and trad. (金玉)		金	玉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnyù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ juk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-ngiu̍k
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kim-ge̍k / kim-gia̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ ghêg⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīnyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄩˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyiw
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ juk⁶
  - Yale: gām yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-ngiu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: gim´ ngiug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ ngiug⁶
  - IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ ɲi̯uk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-ge̍k
  - Tâi-lô: kim-gi̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimgek
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² giɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ giɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² giɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-gia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: kim-gia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimgiak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ giak̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gim¹ ghêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim ge̍k
  - IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ ɡek̚⁴/

Noun

金玉

gold and jade

Derived terms

不吝金玉
金玉之言
金玉之論／金玉之论
金玉其外，敗絮其中／金玉其外，败絮其中 (jīnyù qíwài, bàixù qízhōng)

金玉君子
金玉滿堂／金玉满堂
金玉良言 (jīnyù liángyán)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
金	玉
きん Grade: 1	ぎょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) きんぎょく [kìńgyókú] (Heiban – [0])
- (Tokyo) きんぎょく [kíꜜǹgyòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲɡʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

金玉 (hiragana きんぎょく, rōmaji kingyoku)

(obsolete) gold and jade
(obsolete) something valuable and expensive

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
金	玉
きん Grade: 1	たま Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

Jūbakoyomi
- (Tokyo) きんたま [kìńtáꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [3])
- (Tokyo) きんたま [kìńtámáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
- (Tokyo) きんたま [kìńtámá] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [kʲĩnta̠ma̠]

Noun

金玉 (hiragana きんたま, katakana キンタマ, rōmaji kintama)

(mildly vulgar) balls; bollocks; nuts

Usage notes

This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as キンタマ.

Synonyms

陰核 (へのこ) (henoko)
睾 (こう)丸 (がん) (kōgan)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.