千金

Chinese

		thousand	metal; gold; money
simp. and trad. (千金)		千	金
Literally: “a thousand pieces of gold”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ gam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiên-kîm
Min Nan (POJ): chhian-kim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: qiānjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjin
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    千斤
    千金
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ gam¹
  - Yale: chīn gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ gem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiên-kîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: qien´ gim´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qian¹ gim¹
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kim²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-kim
  - Tâi-lô: tshian-kim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chienkym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn³³ kim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kim⁴⁴/

Noun

千金

large amount of money; riches
備急千金要方 / 备急千金要方 ― bèijí qiānjīn yào fāng ― (please add an English translation of this example)
(honorific) daughter (not of one's own)

Derived terms

Derived terms from 千金

一刻千金 (yīkèqiānjīn)
一壺千金／一壶千金
一字值千金
一字千金 (yīzìqiānjīn)
一擲千金／一掷千金 (yīzhìqiānjīn)
一曲千金
一笑千金
一言千金
一言已定，千金不移
一諾千金／一诺千金 (yīnuòqiānjīn)
一飯千金／一饭千金
千金一刻
千金一擲／千金一掷
千金一笑
千金一諾／千金一诺
千金之子
千金之子，坐不垂堂
千金之家

千金之裘，非一狐之腋
千金小姐
千金市骨
千金敝帚
千金笑 (qiānjīnxiào)
千金裘
千金要方
千金記／千金记
千金買笑／千金买笑
千金買骨／千金买骨
千金軀／千金躯
家有千金，不如日進分文／家有千金，不如日进分文
家有敝帚，享之千金
家累千金，坐不垂堂
弊帚千金
敝帚千金
春宵一刻值千金

Adjective

千金

(figuratively) extremely precious

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (千金):

→ Korean: 천금 (千金, cheon-geum)
→ Vietnamese: thiên kim (千金)

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