金甌

See also: 金瓯

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	bowl; cup
trad. (金甌)		金	甌
simp. (金瓯)		金	瓯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīn'ōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ au¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīn'ōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jin-ou
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-ou¹
    • Yale: jīn-ōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinou
    • Palladius: цзиньоу (czinʹou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ au¹
    • Yale: gām āu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ au¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ eo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ ɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kim 'uw

Rime
Character	金	甌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	居吟切	烏侯切
Baxter	kim	'uw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/	/ʔəu/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/	/ʔəu/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/	/ʔəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/	/ʔəw/
Li Rong	/kjəm/	/ʔu/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/	/əu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/	/ʔə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	ōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam1	au1

Etymology 1

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Noun

金甌

1. (literary) golden chalice
2. (literary, figurative) the country; the nation

Derived terms

• 名動金甌 / 名动金瓯
• 名覆金甌 / 名覆金瓯
• 固金甌 / 固金瓯
• 金甌無缺 / 金瓯无缺 (jīn'ōuwúquē)
• 金甌藏名 / 金瓯藏名

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金甌):

• → Vietnamese: kim âu (金甌)

Others

• → Vietnamese: âu vàng (calque)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese, probably a phono-semantic matching of Vietnamese Cà Mau, likely via Cantonese.

Proper noun

金甌

1. (～省) Cà Mau (a province of Vietnam)
2. (～市) Cà Mau (a city in Vietnam)

Derived terms

• 金甌角 / 金瓯角 (Jīn'ōujiǎo)

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
金	甌

Noun

金甌: Hán Việt readings: kim âu

1. chữ Hán form of kim âu (“gold cup, the nation, stability”).