倭鉛

Chinese

		Japanese	lead (metal)
trad. (倭鉛)		倭	鉛
simp. (倭铅)		倭	铅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wōqiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wōqiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wocian
    • Wade–Giles: wo¹-chʻien¹
    • Yale: wō-chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uochian
    • Palladius: воцянь (vocjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Noun

倭鉛

1. (obsolete) zinc

   • 凡銅供世用，出山與出爐，止有赤銅。以爐甘石或倭鉛摻和，轉色為黃銅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     凡铜供世用，出山与出炉，止有赤铜。以炉甘石或倭铅掺和，转色为黄铜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1637, Song Yingxing, Tiangong Kaiwu

     Fán tóng gōng shì yòng, chūshān yǔ chūlú, zhǐ yǒu chìtóng. Yǐ lúgānshí huò wōqiān chānhuo, zhuǎn sè wéi huángtóng. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 鋅／锌 (xīn)