砂金

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Chinese

		sand; gravel; granule	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (砂金)		砂	金
alternative forms		沙金

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shājīn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄐㄧㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shājīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shajin
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-chin¹
  - Yale: shā-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shajin
  - Palladius: шацзинь (šaczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

Noun

砂金

placer gold; gold dust

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砂	金
さ Grade: 6	きん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
砂	金
しゃ Grade: 6	きん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さきん (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

砂(さ)金(きん) • (sakin) (alternative reading hiragana しゃきん, rōmaji shakin)

gold dust

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

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