"鍍金" meaning in Chinese

See 鍍金 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tu⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tou̯²² kɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tɔ²²⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² kim³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /tɔ²²⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /tɔ³³⁻¹¹ kim⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /tɔ³³⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 镀金 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 鍍金
  1. to gild; to gold plate
    Sense id: en-鍍金-zh-verb-IfE6Dvo3
  2. (figurative, derogatory) to attach a golden facade, especially to go overseas to study to polish one's qualifications (despite lacking the actual abilities) Tags: derogatory, figuratively
    Sense id: en-鍍金-zh-verb-1S8hE2J9 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 31 13 5 13 4 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 45 10 4 11 3 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Metallurgy Disambiguation of Metallurgy: 0 0
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          "gold",
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          "plate",
          "plate"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "attach",
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          "golden",
          "golden"
        ],
        [
          "facade",
          "facade"
        ],
        [
          "overseas",
          "overseas"
        ],
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          "polish",
          "polish"
        ],
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          "qualification",
          "qualification"
        ]
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        "(figurative, derogatory) to attach a golden facade, especially to go overseas to study to polish one's qualifications (despite lacking the actual abilities)"
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "dùjīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dou⁶ gam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tō͘-kim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dùjīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dùjin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tu⁴-chin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dù-jīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duhjin"
    },
    {
      "roman": "duczinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дуцзинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dou⁶ gam¹"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "douh gām"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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      ],
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    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dou⁶ gem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tou̯²² kɐm⁵⁵/",
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tō͘-kim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tōo-kim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "doxkym"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²²⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ⁴¹⁻²² kim³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²²⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ³³⁻¹¹ kim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ³³⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "鍍金"
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          "attach",
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          "overseas",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dou⁶ gam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tō͘-kim"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dùjīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dùjin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tu⁴-chin¹"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dù-jīn"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duhjin"
    },
    {
      "roman": "duczinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дуцзинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dou⁶ gam¹"
    },
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "douh gām"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dou⁶ gam¹"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dou⁶ gem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tou̯²² kɐm⁵⁵/",
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "zh_pron": "tō͘-kim"
    },
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tōo-kim"
    },
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "doxkym"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²²⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ⁴¹⁻²² kim³³/",
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        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ²²⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ³³⁻¹¹ kim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ³³⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/",
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  "word": "鍍金"
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