金丹

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
simp. and trad. (金丹)		金	丹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīndān

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄉㄢ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-tan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīndān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄉㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jindan
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-tan¹
  - Yale: jīn-dān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jindan
  - Palladius: цзиньдань (czinʹdanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-tan
  - Tâi-lô: kim-tan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimdafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² tan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ tan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² tan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ tan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ tan⁴⁴/

Noun

金丹

elixir of life

Derived terms

九轉金丹 / 九转金丹

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金丹):

→ Japanese: 金丹(きんたん) (kintan)
→ Korean: 금단(金丹) (geumdan)
→ Vietnamese: kim đơn (金丹)