金沙

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
simp. and trad. (金沙)		金	沙
anagram		沙金

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnshā

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ saa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kim-soa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinsha
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-sha¹
  - Yale: jīn-shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinsha
  - Palladius: цзиньша (czinʹša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ saa¹
  - Yale: gām sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ saa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ sa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim-soa
  - Tâi-lô: Kim-sua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimsoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ sua³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/

Noun

金沙

gold dust, especially placer gold

Synonyms

金粉 (“powdered gold”)

Proper noun

金沙

(～江) Jinsha River (upper reaches of the Yangtze River)
(～遺址) Jinsha (archaeological site in Sichuan province, China)
(～縣) Jinsha County (a county of Bijie, Guizhou, China)
(～鎮) Jinsha (an urban township in Kinmen County, Taiwan)

Descendants

→ English: Chinsha, Chin-sha, Chin Sha, Jinsha, Kinsha

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