青金石

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	metal; gold; money	rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (青金石)		青	金	石
simp. #(青金石)		青	金	石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngjīnshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ gam¹ sek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngjīnshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingjinshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chin¹-shih²
    • Yale: chīng-jīn-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingjinshyr
    • Palladius: цинцзиньши (cinczinʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ gam¹ sek⁶
    • Yale: chīng gām sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ gam¹ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ gem¹ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ sɛːk̚²/

Noun

青金石

1. lapis lazuli

Japanese

青金石: lazurite

Kanji in this term
青	金	石
せい Grade: 1	きん Grade: 1	せき Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
靑金石 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 青金石 (*tseng kim dzyek, literally “blue-gold stone”). Compare modern Chinese 青金石 (qīngjīnshí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞ːkʲĩɰ̃se̞kʲi]

Noun

青(せい)金(きん)石(せき) • (seikinseki) 

1. (mineralogy, geology) lazurite, one of the main mineral components of lapis lazuli

Related terms

• 瑠璃(るり), 琉璃(るり) (ruri): lapis lazuli

Further reading

• 青金石 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Lazurite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Korean

Hanja in this term
青	金	石

Noun

青金石 • (cheonggeumseok) (hangeul 청금석)

1. Alternative form of 靑金石