金鐘

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (金鐘)		金	鐘
simp. (金钟)		金	钟

Etymology

Named after the gold-coloured bell used for timekeeping at Wellington Barracks in the area.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīnzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ zung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-cheng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹cin-tson

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jinjhong
    • Wade–Giles: Chin¹-chung¹
    • Yale: Jīn-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jinjong
    • Palladius: Цзиньчжун (Czinʹčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ zung¹
    • Yale: gām jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-cheng
    • Tâi-lô: kim-tsing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimzefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ t͡siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹cin-tson
    • MiniDict: cin^平 tson
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-tson
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡soŋ²¹/

Proper noun

金鐘

1. Admiralty (an Admiralty place Hong Kong)