金水

Chinese

		gold golden Jin	water river brook
simp. and trad. (金水)		金	水

Etymology

From 金 ("Jin dynasty") + 水 ("water", "river", "stream").

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jīnshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jinshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: Chin¹-shui³
  - Yale: Jīn-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jinshoei
  - Palladius: Цзиньшуй (Czinʹšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ seoi²
  - Yale: gām séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Proper noun

金水

Jinshui River, a former stream and canal in Beijing, China, during the Jin, Ming, and Qing dynasties
(～區) Jinshui (a district of Zhengzhou, Henan, China)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.