金烏
Chinese
| metal; gold; money | a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (金烏) | 金 | 烏 | |
| simp. (金乌) | 金 | 乌 | |
| anagram | 烏金／乌金 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jīnwū
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jinwu
- Wade–Giles: chin1-wu1
- Yale: jīn-wū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinu
- Palladius: цзиньу (czinʹu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ u⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gam1 wu1
- Yale: gām wū
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam1 wu1
- Guangdong Romanization: gem1 wu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm⁵⁵ wuː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-o͘
- Tâi-lô: kim-oo
- Phofsit Daibuun: kim'of
- IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Middle Chinese: kim 'u
Noun
金烏
- (Chinese mythology) the golden crow, the three-legged crow living in the sun
- (literary, figuratively) the sun
Descendants
- → Vietnamese: ác vàng (calque)
See also
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 金 | 烏 |
| きん Grade: 1 |
う Jinmeiyō |
| kan'on | goon |
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʲĩɰ̃ɯ̟]
Noun
金烏 • (kin'u)
- (Chinese mythology) a golden crow, one of the embodiments of the ten suns, nine of whom were shot down by the hero Hou Yi
- (literary) synonym of 太陽 (taiyō, “the sun”)
See also
- 金烏玉兎 (kin'u gyokuto)