輕銀

See also: 軽銀 and 轻银

Chinese

		light; easy; gentle light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral	silver; money
trad. (輕銀)		輕	銀
simp. (轻银)		轻	银

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 軽銀(けいぎん) (keigin).

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khin-gîn / khin-gûn / kheng-gîn / kheng-gûn

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-gîn
  - Tâi-lô: khin-gîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qin'giin
  - IPA (Tainan): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡin²³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khin-gûn
  - Tâi-lô: khin-gûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qin'guun
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-gîn
  - Tâi-lô: khing-gîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qenggiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡin²³/
- (Hokkien: Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-gûn
  - Tâi-lô: khing-gûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qengguun

Note:

Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung:
- usually with 仔 (á).

Noun

輕銀

(Taiwanese Hokkien) aluminium

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鋁 (“aluminium; aluminum ”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鋁
Mandarin	Taiwan	鋁
Southern Min	Taipei	a-lú-mih
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	a-lú-mih
	Kaohsiung	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Yilan	a-lú-mih
	Changhua (Lukang)	a-lú-mih
	Taichung	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Tainan	輕銀仔, a-lú-mih
	Hsinchu	a-lú-mih
	Kinmen	鋁
	Penghu (Magong)	輕銀, a-lú-mih
Xiang	Changsha	輕飄, 鑌鐵

Derived terms

輕銀仔／轻银仔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
輕	銀
けい Hyōgaiji	ぎん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

輕(けい)銀(ぎん) • (keigin)

Kyūjitai form of 軽銀: aluminium

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