金沙

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
simp. and trad. (金沙)		金	沙
anagram		沙金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ saa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kim-soa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinsha
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-sha¹
    • Yale: jīn-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinsha
    • Palladius: цзиньша (czinʹša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ saa¹
    • Yale: gām sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim-soa
    • Tâi-lô: Kim-sua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimsoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ sua³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/

Noun

金沙

1. gold dust, especially placer gold
2. (cooking) salted egg yolk (sauce)

   金沙豆腐  ―  jīnshā dòufǔ  ―  salted egg yolk tofu

   金沙醬／金沙酱  ―  jīnshājiàng  ―  salted egg yolk sauce

Synonyms

• 金粉 (“powdered gold”)

Proper noun

金沙

1. (～江) Jinsha River (upper reaches of the Yangtze River)
2. (～遺址) Jinsha (archaeological site in Sichuan province, China)
3. (～縣) Jinsha County (a county of Bijie, Guizhou, China)
4. (～鎮) Jinsha (an urban township in Kinmen County, Taiwan)

Descendants

• → English: Chinsha, Chin-sha, Chin Sha, Jinsha, Kinsha