金屑

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	crumbs; filings; worth while
trad. (金屑)		金	屑
simp. #(金屑)		金	屑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnxiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinsiè
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: jīn-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinshieh
    • Palladius: цзиньсе (czinʹse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Noun

金屑

1. (literal) gold or metal shavings
2. (Buddhism, figurative) that which prevents people from fully understanding the truth and attaining enlightenment
3. (literary, figurative) yellow pollen

Derived terms

• 金屑酒 (jīnxièjiǔ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	屑
かな Grade: 1	くず Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 金屑 – see the following entry.

【かなくず】 [noun] metal shavings

(This term, 金屑, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)