金塔
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Chinese
| metal; gold; money | pagoda; tower | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (金塔) | 金 | 塔 | |
| simp. #(金塔) | 金 | 塔 | |
Etymology
- "Phnom Penh"
- A reference to the pagoda of Wat Phnom.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jintǎ
- Wade–Giles: chin1-tʻa3
- Yale: jīn-tǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jintaa
- Palladius: цзиньта (czinʹta)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gam1 taap3
- Yale: gām taap
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam1 taap8
- Guangdong Romanization: gem1 tab3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm⁵⁵ tʰaːp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gim1 tah4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim thah
- Sinological IPA (key): /kim³³⁻²³ tʰaʔ²/
- (Teochew)
Noun
金塔
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 金 (jīn), 塔 (tǎ). ("golden tower or pagoda, etc.")
- (Cantonese) jar for holding the bones of a dead body
Proper noun
金塔
- (～縣) Jinta (a county of Jiuquan, Gansu, China)
- (Teochew) Phnom Penh (a city, the capital city of Cambodia)