金匱

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	chest; vault; container
trad. (金匱)		金	匱
simp. (金匮)		金	匮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinguèi
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-kuei⁴
    • Yale: jīn-gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinguey
    • Palladius: цзиньгуй (czinʹguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: kim gwijH

Rime
Character	金	匱
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居吟切	求位切
Baxter	kim	gwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/	/ɡˠiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/	/ɡʷᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/	/ɡiuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/	/gjwiH/
Li Rong	/kjəm/	/ɡjuiH/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/	/ɡwiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/	/gwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam1	gwai6

Noun

金匱

1. (literary, chiefly poetic) archives; library; especially confidential archives in a monarch's inner palace

   • 卒三歲，而遷爲太史令，紬史記石室金匱之書。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     卒三岁，而迁为太史令，绸史记石室金匮之书。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Zú sānsuì, ér Qiān wèi Tàishǐlìng, chōu shǐjì shíshì jīnguì zhī shū. [Pinyin]

     Three years after my father's death, I, Qian, was appointed to the office of the Taishi Ling, and I busied myself with compiling historical records from the books in the imperial archives.

2. (figurative, poetic) inner palace

   • 于時西楚霸王，劍及繁陽。鏖兵金匱，校戰玉堂。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     于时西楚霸王，剑及繁阳。鏖兵金匮，校战玉堂。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yu Xin, c. 578, The Lament for the South (《哀江南賦》)

     Yúshí Xīchǔ Bàwáng, jiànjí Fányáng. Áobīng jīnguì, jiàozhàn yùtáng. [Pinyin]

     Hence the martial strongman
     pointed his sword at Fanyang on the scroll.
     He waged the bloody war
     from the innermost of his palace hall.