金釵

See also: 金钗

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	hairpin
trad. (金釵)		金	釵
simp. (金钗)		金	钗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnchāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ caai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-chhâi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-thoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnchāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinchai
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-chʻai¹
    • Yale: jīn-chāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinchai
    • Palladius: цзиньчай (czinʹčaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ caai¹
    • Yale: gām chāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ tsaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ cai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-chhâi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim´ cai´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ cai¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-thoe
    • Tâi-lô: kim-thue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimtoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² tʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰue⁴⁴/

Noun

金釵

1. (literary) golden hairpin
2. (literary, figurative, by synecdoche) woman

Derived terms

• 鈿合金釵／钿合金钗 (diànhé jīnchāi)