黑金

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (黑金)		黑	金
Literally: “black gold”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hēijīn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄟㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ gam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hēijīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄟㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: heijin
  - Wade–Giles: hei¹-chin¹
  - Yale: hēi-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heijin
  - Palladius: хэйцзинь (xɛjczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hak¹ gam¹
  - Yale: hāk gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

黑金

(metallurgy) niello
Alternative name for 石油 (shíyóu, “petroleum”).
Alternative name for 鐵／铁 (tiě, “iron”).
Alternative name for 煤 (méi, “coal”).
(politics) (～政治) black gold; political corruption

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 烏金／乌金 (wūjīn)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 黑金 – see the following entry.

【黒金こっきん】

[noun] (metallurgy) niello

(This term, 黑金, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)