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See also: 镀金

Chinese

‑plated; to plate metal; gold; money
trad. (鍍金)
simp. (镀金)
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Pronunciation


Verb

鍍金

  1. to gild; to gold plate
  2. (figurative, derogatory) to attach a golden facade, especially to go overseas to study to polish one's qualifications (despite lacking the actual abilities)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
めっき
Hyōgai Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alteration of 滅金 (metsukin, gold-mercury amalgam used in plating).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

鍍金(めっき) or 鍍金(メッキ) (mekki

  1. plating, gilding
  2. pretense

Verb

鍍金(めっき)する or 鍍金(メッキ)する (mekki surusuru (stem 鍍金(めっき) (mekki shi), past 鍍金(めっき)した (mekki shita))

  1. plate
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
きん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Middle Chinese 鍍金

Pronunciation

Noun

()(きん) (tokin

  1. plating, gilding

Verb

()(きん)する (tokin surusuru (stem ()(きん) (tokin shi), past ()(きん)した (tokin shita))

  1. plate
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

鍍金 (dogeum) (hangeul 도금)

  1. hanja form? of 도금 (plating, gilding)