金庫

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See also: 金库

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	warehouse; storehouse
trad. (金庫)		金	庫
simp. (金库)		金	库

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnkù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄎㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ fu³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-khu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-khò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnkù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄎㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinkù
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-kʻu⁴
  - Yale: jīn-kù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinkuh
  - Palladius: цзиньку (czinʹku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ fu³
  - Yale: gām fu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ fu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ fu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ fuː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-khu
  - Hakka Romanization System: gim^ˊ ku
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ ku⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰu⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-khò͘
  - Tâi-lô: kim-khòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimqox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ kʰɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔ²¹/

Noun

金庫

treasury; coffers
national treasury; state treasury; exchequer; public purse; public coffers
safe

Synonyms

(national treasury): 國庫／国库 (guókù)
(safe):

保險櫃／保险柜 (bǎoxiǎnguì)
保險箱／保险箱 (bǎoxiǎnxiāng)
夾萬／夹万 (gaap³ maan⁶) (Cantonese)
鐵櫃／铁柜 (tiěguì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金庫):

→ Japanese: 金庫(きんこ) (kinko)
→ Korean: 금고(金庫) (geumgo)
→ Vietnamese: kim khố (金庫)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	庫
きん Grade: 1	こ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きんこ (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

金(きん)庫(こ) • (kinko)

a safe

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
金	庫

Noun

金庫 • (geumgo) (hangeul 금고)

hanja form^? of 금고 (“safe”)

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