吸金

Chinese

		to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	metal; gold; money
trad. (吸金)		吸	金
simp. #(吸金)		吸	金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xījīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xījīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sijin
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-chin¹
    • Yale: syī-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shijin
    • Palladius: сицзинь (siczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ gam¹
    • Yale: kāp gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Verb

吸金

1. (neologism, slang) to attract capital; to earn (a large amount of) money (in a relatively short period of time)