紫金

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	metal; gold; money
trad. (紫金)		紫	金
simp. #(紫金)		紫	金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhjin
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-chin¹
    • Yale: dž-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyjin
    • Palladius: цзыцзинь (czyczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² gam¹
    • Yale: jí gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

紫金

1. (literary) high quality gold

Derived terms

• 紫金冠

 

Proper noun

紫金

1. (～縣) Zijin (a county of Heyuan, Guangdong, China)
2. (～鎮) Zijin (a town in Gucheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)