金蘭

Chinese

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

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

(deprecated template usage) 金蘭

1. (literally) golden orchid
2. (figurative) profound friendship; intimate relationship
3. (figurative) sworn brotherhood or sisterhood

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金蘭):

• → Japanese: 金蘭(きんらん) (kinran)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 金蘭

1. (～市) Cam Ranh (a city in Vietnam)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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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”):

君子之道，或出或處，或默或語，二人同心，其利斷金。同心之言，其臭如蘭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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君子之道，或出或处，或默或语，二人同心，其利断金。同心之言，其臭如兰。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

Jūnzǐ zhī dào, huò chū huò chù, huò mò huò yǔ, èrrén tóngxīn, qí lì duàn jīn. Tóngxīn zhī yán, qí chòu rú lán. [Pinyin]

This in a public office toils;
That in his home the time beguiles.
One man his lips with silence seals;
Another all his mind reveals.
But when two men are one in heart,
Not iron bolts keep them apart;
The words they in their union use,
Fragrance like orchid plants diffuse.

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”).

Noun

金(きん)蘭(らん) or 金蘭(キンラン) • (kinran) 

1. the golden orchid,

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