金玉

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	jade
simp. and trad. (金玉)		金	玉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ juk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-ngiu̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kim-ge̍k / kim-gia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ ghêg⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cin-gnioq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinyù
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-yü⁴
    • Yale: jīn-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyuh
    • Palladius: цзиньюй (czinʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ juk⁶
    • Yale: gām yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-ngiu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim^ˊ ngiug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ ngiug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯uk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-ge̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kim-gi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimgek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-gia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kim-gia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimgiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ ɡiak̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gim¹ ghêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim ge̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ ɡek̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹cin-gnioq
    • MiniDict: cin^平 nyoh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-nyioq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ n̠ʲioʔ²¹/

Noun

金玉

1. (literally) gold and jade
2. (figuratively) treasured thing; ornate object

Derived terms

• 不吝金玉
• 金玉之言
• 金玉之論／金玉之论
• 金玉其外，敗絮其中／金玉其外，败絮其中 (jīnyù qíwài, bàixù qízhōng)
• 金玉君子
• 金玉滿堂／金玉满堂 (jīnyùmǎntáng)
• 金玉良言 (jīnyùliángyán)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
金	玉
きん Grade: 1	ぎょく Grade: 1
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 金玉 (MC kim ngjowk, literally “gold + jewel”). First cited in Japanese in a text from the early 800s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんぎょく [kíꜜǹgyòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) きんぎょく [kìńgyókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩŋʲɡʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

金(きん)玉(ぎょく) • (kingyoku) 

1. [from early 800s] gold and jade
2. [from 835] something valuable and expensive

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
金	玉
きん Grade: 1	たま Grade: 1
kan'on	kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
睾丸 (uncommon)

Compound of 金 (kin, “gold”) +‎ 玉 (tama, “ball”).

Attested since at least 1590.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんたま [kìńtáꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) きんたま [kìńtámá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) きんたま [kìńtámáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩnta̠ma̠]

Noun

金(きん)玉(たま) or 金玉(キンタマ) • (kintama) 

1. 金玉: [date unknown] (uncommon) a golden ball
2. 金玉, 睾丸: [from 1590] (slang, mildly vulgar) balls, testicles, bollocks, nuts

   Synonyms: (more formal term) 睾丸 (kōgan, “testicles”), (informal term) 陰核 (henoko)

3. 金玉: [date unknown] (slang, mildly vulgar) a boy
4. 金玉: [from 1891] (uncommon) alternative name for 金柑 (kinkan, “kumquat”)

Derived terms

• (slang) たまきん (tamakin, “balls, bollocks, testicles”)