金針

See also: 金针

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	needle; pin; injection
trad. (金針)		金	針
simp. (金针)		金	针

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ zam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-chiam / kim-cham
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cin-tsen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinjhen
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-chên¹
    • Yale: jīn-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinjen
    • Palladius: цзиньчжэнь (czinʹčžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ zam¹
    • Yale: gām jām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dzam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ zem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Tong'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-chiam
    • Tâi-lô: kim-tsiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimciafm
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tong'an): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siam⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-cham
    • Tâi-lô: kim-tsam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimzafm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ t͡sam³³/

Note: “daylily bud”.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹cin-tsen
    • MiniDict: cin^平 tsen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-tsen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sən²¹/

Noun

金針

1. acupuncture needle
2. (figurative) secret; trick; key
3. daylily bud (used as an ingredient in some Chinese dishes such as hot and sour soup and moo shu pork)
4. (literary) needle or pin used in embroidery or sewing

Synonyms

• (daylily bud): 黃花菜／黄花菜 (huánghuācài), 金針菜／金针菜 (jīnzhēncài)

Derived terms

• 金針菇 / 金针菇 (jīnzhēngū)
• 金針菜 / 金针菜 (jīnzhēncài)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	針
きん Grade: 1	しん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

金(きん)針(しん) • (kinshin) 

1. gold needle (used in acupuncture)