淘金

Chinese

		cleanse; eliminate; to clean out cleanse; eliminate; to clean out; to wash	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (淘金)		淘	金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táojīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táojīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táojin
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²-chin¹
    • Yale: táu-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurjin
    • Palladius: таоцзинь (taoczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ gam¹
    • Yale: tòuh gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ kɐm⁵⁵/

Verb

淘金

1. to pan for gold

   從沙土中淘金／从沙土中淘金  ―  cóng shātǔ zhōng táojīn  ―  to pan for gold in sand

2. (figurative) to try to make high profits; to try to strike it rich

   到城裡去淘金／到城里去淘金  ―  dào chénglǐ qù táojīn  ―  to go to the city to try to strike it rich

Derived terms

• 沙裡淘金 / 沙里淘金
• 淘金夢 / 淘金梦
• 淘金客
• 淘金潮
• 淘金熱 / 淘金热 (táojīnrè)