氪金

氪金

Chinese

		krypton	metal; gold; money
trad. (氪金)		氪	金
simp. #(氪金)		氪	金

Etymology

From Japanese 課(か)金(きん) (kakin, “to charge, to ask for payment”). The first character is modified after the homophonic Chinese translation for "Khorium", a fictional metallic material from the game World of Warcraft.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèjin
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: kè-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehjin
    • Palladius: кэцзинь (kɛczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ gam¹
    • Yale: hāk gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Verb

氪金

1. (Mainland China, video games, informal) to pay a premium in a freemium game, in order to buy virtual goods, additional functionalities, etc.

Synonyms

• (Taiwan, Hong Kong) 課金／课金 (kèjīn)