金甌

See also: 金瓯

Chinese
metal; gold; money bowl; cup
trad. (金甌) 金 甌
simp. (金瓯) 金 瓯

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 金 甌
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 侵 (140) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 居吟切 烏侯切
Baxter kim 'uw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiɪm/ /ʔəu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚim/ /ʔəu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiem/ /ʔəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kjim/ /ʔəw/
Li
Rong		 /kjəm/ /ʔu/
Wang
Li		 /kĭĕm/ /əu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯əm/ /ʔə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jīn ōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gam1 au1

Etymology 1

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Noun

金甌

  1. (literary) golden chalice
  2. (literary, figurative) the country; the nation
Derived terms
  • 名動金甌／名动金瓯
  • 名覆金甌／名覆金瓯
  • 固金甌／固金瓯
  • 金甌無缺／金瓯无缺 (jīn'ōuwúquē)
  • 金甌藏名／金瓯藏名
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (金甌):
  • → Vietnamese: kim âu (金甌)

Others

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese, probably a phono-semantic matching of Vietnamese Cà Mau, likely via Cantonese.

Proper noun

金甌

  1. (～省) Cà Mau (a province of Vietnam)
  2. (～市) Cà Mau (a city in Vietnam)
Derived terms

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
金甌

Noun

金甌: Hán Việt readings: kim âu[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of kim âu (“gold cup, the nation, stability”).

References
  1. Nguyễn (1974).
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