金雞母

See also: 金鸡母

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	hen
trad. (金雞母/金鷄母)		金	雞母/鷄母
simp. (金鸡母)		金	鸡母
Literally: “golden hen”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnjīmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄐㄧㄇㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnjīmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄐㄧㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinjimǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-chi¹-mu³
  - Yale: jīn-jī-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinjimuu
  - Palladius: цзиньцзиму (czinʹczimu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

金雞母

(figuratively, Taiwan) cash cow
- 7奈米製程堪稱台積電的獲利金雞母 [MSC, trad.]
  7奈米制程堪称台积电的获利金鸡母 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2021 Jun 2, 尹慧中、謝佳雯, 台積7奈米寫10億顆里程碑
  7 nàimǐ zhìchéng kānchēng Táijīdiàn de huòlì jīnjīmǔ [Pinyin]
  7 nm process can be called cash cows for TSMC.

Synonyms

搖錢樹／摇钱树 (yáoqiánshù)