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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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金
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銀
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
jīn
|
yín
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ kim ›
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‹ ngin ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*k(r)m/
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/*ŋrə/
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| English
|
metal, bronze
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silver
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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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金
|
銀
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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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6679
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3939
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Phonetic
component
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金
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艮
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Rime
group
|
侵
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文
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Rime
subdivision
|
1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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金
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銀
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Old
Chinese
|
/*krɯm/
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/*ŋrɯn/
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| Notes
|
說文今聲，俞敏依金文非之
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Noun
金銀
- gold and silver
- 金銀珠寶／金银珠宝 [Cantonese] ― gam1 ngan4 zyu1 bou2 ― gold, silver and jewelry
Derived terms
Proper noun
金銀
- (～村) Jinyin (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
金銀 • (kingin)
- gold and silver
- gold and silver coins
- money; fortune
- (shogi) gold general and silver general
References
Korean
Noun
金銀 • (geumeun) (hangeul 금은)
- hanja form? of 금은 (“gold and silver”)
Vietnamese
Noun
金銀
- chữ Hán form of kim ngân (“honeysuckle”).