千金

Chinese

		thousand	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (千金)		千	金
Literally: “a thousand pieces of gold”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ gam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiên-kîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-kim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianjin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chin¹
    • Yale: chyān-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjin
    • Palladius: цяньцзинь (cjanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ gam¹
    • Yale: chīn gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiên-kîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: qien´ gim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian¹ gim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-kim
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienkym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn³³ kim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kim⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 千金

1. large amount of money; riches

   備急千金要方／备急千金要方  ―  bèijí qiānjīn yào fāng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (honorific) daughter (not of one's own)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 千金

1. (figurative) extremely precious

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (千金):

• → Korean: 천금(千金) (cheon'geum)
• → Vietnamese: thiên kim (千金)