金甌

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See also: 金瓯

Chinese

metal; gold; money bowl; cup
trad. (金甌)
simp. (金瓯)
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (34)
Final () (140) (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter kim 'uw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiɪm/ /ʔəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚim/ /ʔəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiem/ /ʔəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjim/ /ʔəw/
Li
Rong
/kjəm/ /ʔu/
Wang
Li
/kĭĕm/ /əu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯əm/ /ʔə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīn ōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gam1 au1

Etymology 1

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Noun

金甌

  1. (literary) golden chalice
  2. (literary, figurative) the country; the nation
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (金甌):
  • Vietnamese: kim âu (金甌)

Others

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese, probably a phono-semantic matching of Vietnamese Cà Mau, likely via Cantonese.

Proper noun

金甌

  1. () Cà Mau (a province of Vietnam)
  2. () Cà Mau (a city in Vietnam)
Derived terms

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

金甌: Hán Việt readings: kim âu[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of kim âu (gold cup, the nation, stability).

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