定金

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (定金)		定	金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìngjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deng⁶ gam¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thin-kîm

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tin⁴ gim¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiāⁿ-kim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dian⁷ gim¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶din-cin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngjin
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: dìng-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqjin
    • Palladius: динцзинь (dinczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deng⁶ gam¹
    • Yale: dehng gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: deng⁶ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: déng⁶ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛːŋ²² kɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin-kîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: tin gim´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tin⁴ gim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵ kim²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tin⁴ gim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵³ kim⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāⁿ-kim
    • Tâi-lô: tiānn-kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dviaxkym
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiã³³⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiã³³⁻¹¹ kim⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dian⁷ gim¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiāⁿ kim
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩã¹¹ kim³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶din-cin
    • MiniDict: din^去 cin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³din-jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /din²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴/

Noun

定金

1. (business, finance) deposit; initial payment; down payment; advance payment; earnest money

Synonyms

• 定洋 (⁶din-yan) (Wu)
• 定銀／定银 (dìngyín) (literary)
• 定錢／定钱 (dìngqián)
• 押款 (yākuǎn)
• 押金 (yājīn)
• 訂金／订金 (dìngjīn)
• 預付款／预付款 (yùfùkuǎn)