金
Meanings
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- 1.surname Jin
- 2.surname Kim (Korean)
- 3.Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
- 1.gold
- 2.chemical element Au
- 3.generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
- 4.money
- 5.golden
- 6.highly respected
- 7.one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[bā yīn]
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Wiktionary
- 1.copper (Cu)
- 2.metal
- 3.metalware
- 4.gold (Au)
- 5.gold; golden; blond (colour)
- 6.money; material wealth
- 7.ancient currency unit
- 8.gong or other metalware for signalling commands in the military
- 9.respectful; precious
- 10.used in 金城 (jīnchéng, “impregnable city”)
- 11.one of the eight kinds of instruments (八音 (-))
- 12.metal, one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行 (-))
- 13.fire; flame
- 14.roasted
- 15.(historical) The Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
- 16.(historical) synonym of 後金 /后金 (Hòujīn), the Jurchen Later Jin state (1616–1636)
- 17.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 士 (shì) or 王 (wáng), + semantic 呂 (“two blocks of metal”) + phonetic 亼 (今 (OC *kum)). The blocks of metal were originally drawn as : and later as 丷 (bā). Shuowen interprets it as an image of metal in the earth (Xu Shen writes "象金在土中形") with 亼 as phonetic. But the most ancient versions do not contain the pictogram of the earth. Originally referred to copper, first used during the Copper Age and the Jade Age in China (hence before the Bronze Age, during which the first bronzes were produced); later the meaning was extended to metal as a whole, and then to gold. Starostin reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gǝ̆m (“metal”); compare Tedim Chin xam (“gold”) and Lepcha ᰀᰩᰮ (kóm, “silver, coin, money”). “Copper” [prior to 5th BCE] → “metals in general” → “gold”. The main senses now are “gold” and “metal”. Some of the Manchu people with this surname are descendants of the Qing imperial family and is a calque of Manchu ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ (aisin, “gold”) in their original surname ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ ᡤᡳᠣᡵᠣ (aisin gioro).
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Components
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Example sentences
那是純金嗎？
Is that pure gold?
此刻我缺少現金。
I'm short of cash at the moment.
他申請了獎學金。
He applied for the scholarship.
我想用現金支付。
I'd like to pay in cash.
鬱金香很快將盛開。
Tulips will bloom soon.
金錢是一切罪惡之源。
Money is the root of all evil.
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