鎊金

See also: 镑金

Chinese

		pound (unit of currency)	metal; gold; money
trad. (鎊金)		鎊	金
simp. (镑金)		镑	金

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English bond. 鎊／镑 (bàng, “pound”) + 金 (jīn, “money”), with reading of the former also resembling English bond.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàngjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàngjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàngjin
    • Wade–Giles: pang⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: bàng-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banqjin
    • Palladius: банцзинь (banczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

Noun

鎊金

1. (regional) bond; security deposit

Synonyms

• 抵押金 (dǐyājīn)
• 押金 (yājīn)
• 按金 (ànjīn)