金釵

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīnchāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinchai
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ caai¹
    • Yale: gām chāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ tsaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ cai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰäːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-chhâi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim´ cai´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ cai¹
    • IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai̯²⁴/

Noun

金釵

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

Derived terms

鈿合金釵／钿合金钗 (diànhé jīnchāi)