輕銀
Chinese
light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral |
silver; money | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (輕銀) | 輕 | 銀 | |
| simp. (轻银) | 轻 | 银 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 軽銀 (keigin).
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khin-gîn / khin-gûn / kheng-gîn / kheng-gûn
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-gîn
- Tâi-lô: khin-gîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: qin'giin
- IPA (Tainan): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡin²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡin²³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-gûn
- Tâi-lô: khin-gûn
- Phofsit Daibuun: qin'guun
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-gîn
- Tâi-lô: khing-gîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: qenggiin
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡin²³/
- (Hokkien: Magong)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-gûn
- Tâi-lô: khing-gûn
- Phofsit Daibuun: qengguun
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung)
Note:
- Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung:
- usually with 仔 (á).
Noun
輕銀
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鋁 (“aluminium; aluminum ”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鋁 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鋁 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鋁 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | a-lú-mih |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | a-lú-mih | |
| Kaohsiung | 輕銀仔, a-lú-mih | |
| Yilan | a-lú-mih | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | a-lú-mih | |
| Taichung | 輕銀仔, a-lú-mih | |
| Tainan | 輕銀仔, a-lú-mih | |
| Hsinchu | a-lú-mih | |
| Kinmen | 鋁 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 輕銀, a-lú-mih | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鋁 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 輕飄, 鑌鐵 |
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 輕 | 銀 |
| けい Hyōgai |
ぎん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
輕銀 • (keigin)