萬金油

Chinese

			oil; sly
trad. (萬金油)		萬金	油
simp. (万金油)		万金	油

Etymology

Genericized trademark. From the identical Singaporean brand.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànjīnyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ gam¹ jau⁴ / maan⁶ gam¹ jau^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànjīnyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànjinyóu
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-chin¹-yu²
  - Yale: wàn-jīn-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannjinyou
  - Palladius: ваньцзинью (vanʹczinʹju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wànjīnyóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wànjinyóur
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-chin¹-yu²-ʼrh
  - Yale: wàn-jīn-yóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannjinyoul
  - Palladius: ваньцзиньюр (vanʹczinʹjur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ gam¹ jau⁴ / maan⁶ gam¹ jau^4-2
  - Yale: maahn gām yàuh / maahn gām yáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ gam¹ jau⁴ / maan⁶ gam¹ jau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ gem¹ yeo⁴ / man⁶ gem¹ yeo^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² kɐm⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/, /maːn²² kɐm⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

萬金油

(colloquial) tiger balm; heat rub; liniment
(figurative) jack of all trades, master of none