金磚

See also: 金砖

Chinese edit

		metal; gold; money	brick
trad. (金磚)		金	磚
simp. (金砖)		金	砖

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnzhuān

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄓㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ zyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnzhuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄓㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinjhuan
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-chuan¹
  - Yale: jīn-jwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinjuan
  - Palladius: цзиньчжуань (czinʹčžuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ zyun¹
  - Yale: gām jyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dzyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ jun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵/

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

金磚

gold brick; gold bar
standard gold

Synonyms edit

(standard gold): 標金／标金 (biāojīn)

Etymology 2 edit

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Particularly: “Perhaps from "gold/money" and "brick", to sound like the English acronym while also connoting the countries' expanding economies?”

Proper noun edit

金磚

(politics, economics) BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa); BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China): a group of countries with similarly fast-growing economies.

Synonyms edit

金磚國家／金砖国家 (Jīnzhuānguójiā)
金磚四國／金砖四国 (Jīnzhuānsìguó): BRIC
金磚五國／金砖五国 (Jīnzhuānwǔguó): BRICS