輕銀

See also: 軽銀 and 轻银

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	silver; money
trad. (輕銀)		輕	銀
simp. (轻银)		轻	银

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 軽銀(けいぎん) (keigin).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khin-gîn / khin-gûn / kheng-gîn / kheng-gûn

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-gîn
    • Tâi-lô: khin-gîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qin'giin
    • IPA (Tainan): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-gûn
    • Tâi-lô: khin-gûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qin'guun
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-gîn
    • Tâi-lô: khing-gîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qenggiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-gûn
    • Tâi-lô: khing-gûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qengguun

Note:

• Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung:
  • usually with 仔 (á).

Noun

輕銀

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) aluminium

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鋁 (“aluminium; aluminum ”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鋁
Mandarin	Taiwan	鋁
Southern Min	Taipei	a-lú-mih
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	a-lú-mih
	Kaohsiung	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Yilan	a-lú-mih
	Changhua (Lukang)	a-lú-mih
	Taichung	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Tainan	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Hsinchu	a-lú-mih
	Kinmen	鋁
	Penghu (Magong)	輕銀, a-lú-mih
Xiang	Changsha	輕飄, 鑌鐵

Derived terms

• 輕銀仔／轻银仔

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
輕	銀
けい Hyōgaiji	ぎん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

輕(けい)銀(ぎん) • (keigin) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 軽銀: aluminium