萬金油

Chinese

			oil; sly
trad. (萬金油)		萬金	油
simp. (万金油)		万金	油

Etymology

Genericized trademark. From the identical Singaporean brand.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànjīnyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ gam¹ jau⁴, maan⁶ gam¹ jau^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànjīnyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànjinyóu
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-chin¹-yu²
    • Yale: wàn-jīn-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannjinyou
    • Palladius: ваньцзинью (vanʹczinʹju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànjīnyóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànjinyóur
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-chin¹-yu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: wàn-jīn-yóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannjinyoul
    • Palladius: ваньцзиньюр (vanʹczinʹjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ gam¹ jau⁴, maan⁶ gam¹ jau^4-2
    • Yale: maahn gām yàuh, maahn gām yáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ gam¹ jau⁴, maan⁶ gam¹ jau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ gem¹ yeo⁴, man⁶ gem¹ yeo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² kɐm⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹/, /maːn²² kɐm⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

萬金油

1. (colloquial) tiger balm; heat rub; liniment
2. (figurative) jack of all trades, master of none