錦綸

Chinese

		brocade; embroidered work; bright	classify; silk thread; twist silk
trad. (錦綸)		錦	綸
simp. (锦纶)		锦	纶

Etymology

So named as the first nylon factory is located in Jinxi (錦西／锦西; then part of Jinzhou; now Huludao).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐnlún

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐnlún
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐnlún
    • Wade–Giles: chin³-lun²
    • Yale: jǐn-lwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinluen
    • Palladius: цзиньлунь (czinʹlunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² gwaan¹
    • Yale: gám gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ kʷaːn⁵⁵/

Noun

錦綸

1. (chiefly Mainland China) Alternative name for 尼龍／尼龙 (nílóng, “nylon”).