青金石

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	metal; gold; money	rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (青金石)		青	金	石
simp. ^#(青金石)		青	金	石

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngjīnshí

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄐㄧㄣㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ gam¹ sek⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngjīnshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄐㄧㄣㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingjinshíh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chin¹-shih²
  - Yale: chīng-jīn-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingjinshyr
  - Palladius: цинцзиньши (cinczinʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ gam¹ sek⁶
  - Yale: chīng gām sehk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ gam¹ sek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ gem¹ ség⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ sɛːk̚²/

Noun

青金石

lapis lazuli

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	金	石
せい Grade: 1	きん Grade: 1	せき Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
靑金石 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 青金石 (*tseng kim dzyek, literally “blue-gold stone”). Compare modern Chinese 青金石 (qīngjīnshí).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [se̞ːkʲĩɰ̃se̞kʲi]

Noun

青(せい)金(きん)石(せき) • (seikinseki)

(mineralogy, geology) lazurite, one of the main mineral components of lapis lazuli

Related terms

瑠璃(るり), 琉璃(るり) (ruri): lapis lazuli

Further reading

青金石 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Lazurite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Korean

Hanja in this term
青	金	石

Noun

青金石 • (cheonggeumseok) (hangeul 청금석)

alternative form of 靑金石