金柑

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	large tangerine
simp. and trad. (金柑)		金	柑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄢ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-kam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingan
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-kan¹
    • Yale: jīn-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingan
    • Palladius: цзиньгань (czinʹganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kän⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-kam
    • Tâi-lô: kim-kam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimkafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² kam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ kam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² kam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ kam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ kam⁴⁴/

Noun

金柑

1. kumquat

Synonyms

• 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹) (Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin)
• 桔仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 金桔仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 金棗／金枣 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 金橘 (jīnjú)
• 金橘子 (jin¹ jy⁶ zr) (Xiang)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	柑
きん Grade: 1	かん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

金(きん)柑(かん) or 金柑(キンカン) • (kinkan) 

1. kumquat

   Synonym: 金橘 (kinkitsu)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).