金酒

Chinese

		metal; money; gold	alcoholic drink
simp. and trad. (金酒)		金	酒

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English gin + 酒 (“liquor; alcohol”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnjiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄐㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ zau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīnjiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinjeou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ zau²
  - Yale: gām jáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dzau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ zeo²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

金酒

(chiefly Mainland China) gin (liquor)

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 琴酒
氈酒／毡酒 (zhānjiǔ)

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