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Chinese
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thousand
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metal; gold; money
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simp. and trad.
(千金)
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千
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金
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| Literally: “a thousand pieces of gold”.
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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千
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金
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiān
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jīn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tshen ›
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‹ kim ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s.n̥ˁi/
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/*k(r)m/
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| English
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thousand
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metal, bronze
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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千
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金
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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10792
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6679
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Phonetic
component
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人
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金
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Rime
group
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眞
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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千
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金
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Old
Chinese
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/*sn̥ʰiːn/
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/*krɯm/
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| Notes
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小徐人聲，甲文乃借人加一
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說文今聲，俞敏依金文非之
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Noun
千金
- large amount of money; riches
- 備急千金要方／备急千金要方 ― bèijí qiānjīn yào fāng ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (honorific) daughter (not of one's own)
Derived terms
Adjective
千金
- (figurative) extremely precious
Descendants
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