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千金

千金

Chinese

		thousand	metal; money; gold
simp. and trad. (千金)		千	金

Noun

千金

large amount of money; riches
(literary, polite) daughter (not of one's own)

Adjective

千金

extremely precious

Derived terms

一刻千金 (yīkèqiānjīn)
千金一擲／千金一掷

千金一諾／千金一诺
千金笑 (qiānjīnxiào)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qiānjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ gam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiên-kîm
Min Nan (POJ): chhian-kim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: qiānjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjin
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    千斤
    千金
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ gam¹
  - Yale: chīn gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ gam¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiên-kîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: qien´ gim´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qian¹ gim¹
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kim²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-kim
  - Tâi-lô: tshian-kim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chienkym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn³³ kim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kim⁴⁴/