金鐘

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (金鐘)		金	鐘
simp. (金钟)		金	钟

Etymology

Named after the gold-coloured bell used for timekeeping at Wellington Barracks in the area.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jīnzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ zung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-cheng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cin-tson

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jinjhong
  - Wade–Giles: Chin¹-chung¹
  - Yale: Jīn-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jinjong
  - Palladius: Цзиньчжун (Czinʹčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ zung¹
  - Yale: gām jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-cheng
  - Tâi-lô: kim-tsing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimzefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ t͡siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹cin-tson
  - MiniDict: cin^平 tson
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-tson
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡soŋ²¹/

Proper noun

金鐘

Admiralty (an Admiralty place Hong Kong)