金蘭

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	orchid
trad. (金蘭)		金	蘭
simp. (金兰)		金	兰

Etymology

Short for a quote from 《易經》.

二人同心，其利斷金。同心之言，其臭如蘭。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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二人同心，其利断金。同心之言，其臭如兰。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Èr rén tóngxīn, qí lì duàn jīn. Tóngxīn zhī yán, qí xiù rú lán. [Pinyin]

When two men are one in heart, not iron bolts keep them apart. From the words they in their union use, fragrance like orchid plants diffuse.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnlán

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ laan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-lân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnlán
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄌㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinlán
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-lan²
    • Yale: jīn-lán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinlan
    • Palladius: цзиньлань (czinʹlanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ län³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ laan⁴
    • Yale: gām làahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ laan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ laːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-lân
    • Tâi-lô: kim-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimlaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² lan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/

Noun

金蘭

1. (literary) profound friendship; intimate relationship
2. (literary) sworn brotherhood or sisterhood; fraternity
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 金 (jīn),‎ 蘭／兰 (lán). ("golden orchid")

Derived terms

• 契合金蘭／契合金兰
• 契若金蘭／契若金兰
• 結金蘭／结金兰 (jiéjīnlán)
• 義結金蘭／义结金兰 (yìjiéjīnlán)
• 金蘭之交／金兰之交 (jīnlánzhījiāo)
• 金蘭簿／金兰簿

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金蘭):

• → Japanese: 金蘭(きんらん) (kinran)

Proper noun

金蘭

1. (～市) Cam Ranh (a city in Vietnam)

Derived terms

• 金蘭灣／金兰湾

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	蘭
きん Grade: 1	らん Jinmeiyō
kan’on

Etymology 1

/kim ran/ → /kimʉran/ → /kinran/

From Middle Chinese 金蘭 (MC kim lan), itself from the first Great Treatise of the 易経 (Ekikyō, “I Ching”):

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) き​んらん [kíꜜǹràǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩnɾã̠ɴ]

Noun

金(きん)蘭(らん) • (kinran) 

1. (figurative) Short for 金蘭の契り (kinran no chigiri) or 金蘭の交わり (kinran no majiwari): a profound or intimate relationship

Derived terms

• 金蘭(きんらん)の契(ちぎ)り (kinran no chigiri)
• 金蘭(きんらん)の友(とも) (kinran no tomo)
• 金蘭簿(きんらんぼ) (kinranbo)
• 金蘭(きんらん)の交(まじ)わり (kinran no majiwari)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
金	蘭
きん Grade: 1	らん Jinmeiyō
kan’on

From 金 (kin, “gold”) +‎ 蘭 (ran, “orchid”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) き​んらん [kíꜜǹràǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩnɾã̠ɴ]

Noun

金(きん)蘭(らん) or 金蘭(キンラン) • (kinran) 

1. the golden orchid, Cephalanthera falcata

   Synonyms: 朝熊草 (Asama-sō), 有馬草 (Arima-sō), 奇参蘭 (kisanran), 貴船海老根 (kibune-ebine)