金猊
Chinese
metal; gold; money | (mythical animal); lion | ||
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simp. and trad. (金猊) |
金 | 猊 | |
alternative forms | 金霓 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jīnní
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄋㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jinní
- Wade–Giles: chin1-ni2
- Yale: jīn-ní
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinni
- Palladius: цзиньни (czinʹni)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ni³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-gê
- Tâi-lô: kim-gê
- Phofsit Daibuun: kimgee
- IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡe²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ ɡe²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡe¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡe²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡe²³/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
金猊
- synonym of 狻猊 (suānní, “a mythological creature whose statue decorates incense burners”)