Chinese edit

gold horse; imperial court or capital royal or imperial palace
trad. (金馬玉堂) 金馬 玉堂
simp. (金马玉堂) 金马 玉堂

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (4) (31) (7)
Final () (140) (98) (8) (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () III II III I
Fanqie
Baxter kim maeX ngjowk dang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiɪm/ /mˠaX/ /ŋɨok̚/ /dɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚim/ /mᵚaX/ /ŋiok̚/ /dɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiem/ /maX/ /ŋiok̚/ /dɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjim/ /maɨX/ /ŋuawk̚/ /daŋ/
Li
Rong
/kjəm/ /maX/ /ŋiok̚/ /dɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/kĭĕm/ /maX/ /ŋĭwok̚/ /dɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯əm/ /maX/ /ŋi̯wok̚/ /dʱɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīn táng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gam1 maa5 juk6 tong4

Proper noun edit

金馬玉堂

  1. (historical) Short for 金馬門金马门 + 玉堂署.
  2. (historical) Alternative term for 翰林院 (Hànlínyuàn, “Hanlin Academy”).

Noun edit

金馬玉堂

  1. (literary, figuratively) Synonym of 翰林學士翰林学士 (Hànlín xuéshì, Hanlin Academy scholar)

Verb edit

金馬玉堂

  1. (historical, figuratively) to become a court official