金字塔

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	pagoda; tower
simp. and trad. (金字塔)		金	字	塔
Literally: “‘金’-shaped pagoda”.

Etymology

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnzìtǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄗˋ ㄊㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ zi⁶ taap³
Min Nan (POJ): kim-lī-thah / kim-jī-thah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīnzìtǎ → jīnzitǎ (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄗˋ ㄊㄚˇ → ㄐㄧㄣ ˙ㄗㄊㄚˇ (toneless variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin.tzyhtaa
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ zi⁶ taap³
  - Yale: gām jih taap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dzi⁶ taap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ ji⁶ tab³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː²² tʰäːp̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-lī-thah
  - Tâi-lô: kim-lī-thah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimlixtaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² li²²⁻²¹ tʰaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ li³³⁻¹¹ tʰaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ li⁴¹⁻²² tʰaʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-jī-thah
  - Tâi-lô: kim-jī-thah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimjixtaq
  - IPA (Penang): /kim³³⁻²¹ d͡ʑi²¹ tʰaʔ³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑi²²⁻²¹ tʰaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑi³³⁻²¹ tʰaʔ³²/

Noun

金字塔

pyramid (monumental building with a square or triangular base and sloping sides) (Classifier: 座)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	字	塔
Grade: 1	Grade: 1	Grade: S

Noun

金字塔 (hiragana きんじとう, rōmaji kinjitō)

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