金輪

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate
trad. (金輪)		金	輪
simp. (金轮)		金	轮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnlún

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnlún
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinlún
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-lun²
    • Yale: jīn-lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinluen
    • Palladius: цзиньлунь (czinʹlunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kim lwin

Rime
Character	金	輪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居吟切	力迍切
Baxter	kim	lwin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/	/liuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/	/lʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/	/ljuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/	/lwin/
Li Rong	/kjəm/	/liuĕn/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/	/lĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/	/li̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	lún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam1	leon4

Noun

金輪

1. gold wheel
2. (Buddhism) gold chakra
3. wheel-shaped diamond
4. (literary, figuratively) gold-decorated carriage
5. (literary, figuratively) sun
6. (literary, figuratively) moon
7. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
8. A kind of tree peony.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金輪):

• → Japanese: 金輪(こんりん) (konrin)
• → Korean: 금륜(金輪) (geumnyun)

Proper noun

金輪

1. (historical) (～皇帝) Wu Zetian

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “金輪” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].