金丹

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
simp. and trad. (金丹)		金	丹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīndān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄉㄢ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-tan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīndān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jindan
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-tan¹
    • Yale: jīn-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jindan
    • Palladius: цзиньдань (czinʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-tan
    • Tâi-lô: kim-tan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimdafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² tan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ tan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² tan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ tan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ tan⁴⁴/

Noun

金丹

1. elixir of life

Derived terms

• 九轉金丹／九转金丹

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金丹):

• → Japanese: 金丹(きんたん) (kintan)
• → Korean: 금단(金丹) (geumdan)
• → Vietnamese: kim đơn (金丹)