青金石

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	metal; gold; money	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (青金石)		青	金	石

Etymology

青 (blue) + 金 (gold) + 石 (stone)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngjīnshí

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄐㄧㄣㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ gam¹ sek⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qīngjīnshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄐㄧㄣㄕˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingjinshy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ gam¹ sek⁶
  - Yale: chīng gām sehk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ gam¹ sek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ gem¹ ség⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ sɛːk̚²/

Noun

青金石

lapis lazuli

References

青金石 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
lapis lazuli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

青金石: lazurite

Kanji in this term
青	金	石
せい Grade: 1	きん Grade: 1	せき Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 青金石 (*tseng kim dzyek). Compare modern Chinese 青金石 (qīngjīnshí).

Pronunciation

On'yomi
IPA^(key): [se̞ːkĩɴse̞ki]

Noun

青金石 (hiragana せいきんせき, rōmaji seikinseki)

(mineralogy, geology) lazurite, one of the main mineral components of lapis lazuli

Related terms

瑠璃, 琉璃 (るり, ruri): lapis lazuli

Further reading

青金石 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Lazurite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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