金字塔

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	pagoda; tower
trad. (金字塔)		金	字	塔
simp. #(金字塔)		金	字	塔
Literally: “‘金’ character pagoda (i.e. pagoda-like building shaped like the character ‘金’)”.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “http://www.seijo.ac.jp/education/faeco/academic-journals/jtmo420000001iji-att/218-chen.pdf.pdf”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnzìtǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄗˋ ㄊㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ zi⁶ taap³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kim-lī-thah / kim-jī-thah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ ri⁷ tah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnzìtǎ → jīnzitǎ (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄗˋ ㄊㄚˇ → ㄐㄧㄣ ˙ㄗ ㄊㄚˇ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinzi̊htǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-tzŭ⁵-tʻa³
    • Yale: jīn-dz-tǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin.tzyhtaa
    • Palladius: цзиньцзыта (czinʹczyta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ zi⁶ taap³
    • Yale: gām jih taap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dzi⁶ taap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ ji⁶ tab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː²² tʰaːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-lī-thah
    • Tâi-lô: kim-lī-thah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimlixtaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² li²²⁻²¹ tʰaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ li³³⁻¹¹ tʰaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ li⁴¹⁻²² tʰaʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-jī-thah
    • Tâi-lô: kim-jī-thah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimjixtaq
    • IPA (Penang): /kim³³⁻²¹ d͡zi²¹ tʰaʔ³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zi²²⁻²¹ tʰaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ zi³³⁻²¹ tʰaʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gim¹ ri⁷ tah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim jī thah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ d͡zi¹¹ tʰaʔ²/

Noun

金字塔

1. pyramid (monumental building with a square or triangular base and sloping sides) (Classifier: 座)

Derived terms

• 人口金字塔
• 食物金字塔 (shíwù jīnzìtǎ)
• 飲食金字塔 / 饮食金字塔 (yǐnshí jīnzìtǎ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	字	塔
きん Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1	とう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんじとー [kìńjítóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑito̞ː]

Noun

金(きん)字(じ)塔(とう) • (kinjitō) ^{←きんじたふ (kinzitafu)?}

1. pyramid
2. monumental achievement; monumental work

Korean

Hanja in this term
金	字	塔

Noun

金字塔 • (geumjatap) (hangeul 금자탑)

1. hanja form^? of 금자탑 (“pyramid”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
金	字	塔

Noun

金字塔

1. chữ Hán form of kim tự tháp (“pyramid”).