金玉

金玉

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	jade
simp. and trad. (金玉)		金	玉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ juk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-ngiu̍k
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kim-ge̍k / kim-gia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ ghêg⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): jin nyioq (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinyù
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-yü⁴
    • Yale: jīn-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyuh
    • Palladius: цзиньюй (czinʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ juk⁶
    • Yale: gām yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-ngiu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim´ ngiug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ ngiug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ ɲi̯uk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-ge̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kim-gi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimgek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-gia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kim-gia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimgiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ ɡiak̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gim¹ ghêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim ge̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ ɡek̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jin nyioq (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɪɲ⁵⁵ n̠ʲi̯ʊʔ²¹/

Noun

金玉

1. (literally) gold and jade
2. (figuratively) treasured thing; ornate object

Derived terms

不吝金玉 金玉之言 金玉君子 金玉良言 (jīnyùliángyán)

金玉之論／金玉之论 金玉其外，敗絮其中／金玉其外，败絮其中 (jīnyù qíwài, bàixù qízhōng) 金玉滿堂／金玉满堂 (jīnyùmǎntáng)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
金	玉
きん Grade: 1	ぎょく Grade: 1
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 金玉 (MC kˠiɪm ŋɨok̚, literally “gold + jewel”). First cited in Japanese in a text from the early 800s.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) き​んぎょく [kíꜜǹgyòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• (Tokyo) きんぎょく [kìńgyókú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲɡʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

金(きん)玉(ぎょく) • (kingyoku) 

1. [from early 800s] gold and jade
2. [from 835] something valuable and expensive

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
金	玉
きん Grade: 1	たま Grade: 1
kan’on	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
睾丸 (uncommon)

Compound of 金 (kin, “gold”) +‎ 玉 (tama, “ball”).[3][2][4]

Attested since at least 1590.[3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんた​ま [kìńtáꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][4]
• (Tokyo) きんたま [kìńtámá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• (Tokyo) きんたま​ [kìńtámáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[4]
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩnta̠ma̠]

Noun

金(きん)玉(たま) • (kintama) 

1. 金玉: [date unknown] (uncommon) a golden ball
2. 金玉, 睾丸: [from 1590] (slang, mildly vulgar) balls, testicles, bollocks, nuts

   Synonyms: (more formal term) 睾丸 (kōgan, “testicles”), (informal term) 陰核 (henoko)

3. 金玉: [date unknown] (slang, mildly vulgar) a boy
4. 金玉: [from 1891] (uncommon) alternative name for 金柑 (kinkan, “kumquat”)

Derived terms

• (slang) たまきん (tamakin, “balls, bollocks, testicles”)

References

1. “金玉”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. “金玉・睾丸”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN