金字塔

Chinese

	metal; gold; money	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	pagoda; tower
trad. (金字塔)	金	字	塔
simp. ^#(金字塔)	金	字	塔
Literally: “‘金’ character pagoda (i.e. pagoda-like building shaped like the character ‘金’)”.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “http://www.seijo.ac.jp/education/faeco/academic-journals/jtmo420000001iji-att/218-chen.pdf.pdf”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnzìtǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄗˋ ㄊㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ zi⁶ taap³
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kim-lī-thah / kim-jī-thah

(Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ ri⁷ tah⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnzìtǎ → jīnzitǎ (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄗˋ ㄊㄚˇ → ㄐㄧㄣ ˙ㄗㄊㄚˇ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinzi̊htǎ
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-tzŭ⁵-tʻa³
  - Yale: jīn-dz-tǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin.tzyhtaa
  - Palladius: цзиньцзыта (czinʹczyta)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ zi⁶ taap³
  - Yale: gām jih taap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ dzi⁶ taap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ ji⁶ tab³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː²² tʰaːp̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-lī-thah
  - Tâi-lô: kim-lī-thah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimlixtaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² li²²⁻²¹ tʰaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ li³³⁻¹¹ tʰaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ li⁴¹⁻²² tʰaʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-jī-thah
  - Tâi-lô: kim-jī-thah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kimjixtaq
  - IPA (Penang): /kim³³⁻²¹ d͡ʑi²¹ tʰaʔ³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑi²²⁻²¹ tʰaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑi³³⁻²¹ tʰaʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gim¹ ri⁷ tah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim jī thah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ d͡zi¹¹ tʰaʔ²/

Noun

金字塔

pyramid (monumental building with a square or triangular base and sloping sides) (Classifier: 座)

Derived terms

人口金字塔
食物金字塔 (shíwù jīnzìtǎ)

飲食金字塔／饮食金字塔 (yǐnshí jīnzìtǎ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	字	塔
きん Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1	とう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) きんじとー [kìńjítóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲĩn(d͡)ʑito̞ː]

Noun

金(きん)字(じ)塔(とう) • (kinjitō) ^{←きんじたふ (kinzitafu)^?}

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
金	字	塔

Noun

金字塔 • (geumjatap) (hangeul 금자탑)

Hanja form^? of 금자탑 (“pyramid”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
金	字	塔

Noun

金字塔

chữ Hán form of kim tự tháp (“pyramid”).

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN