金平

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
simp. and trad. (金平)		金	平

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīnpíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ ping⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ pêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnpíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jinpíng
    • Wade–Giles: Chin¹-pʻing²
    • Yale: Jīn-píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jinpyng
    • Palladius: Цзиньпин (Czinʹpin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ ping⁴
    • Yale: gām pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gim¹ pêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim phêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ pʰeŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

金平

1. (～區) Jinping (a district of Shantou, Guangdong, China)
2. (～苗族瑤族傣族自治縣, ～縣) Jinping (an autonomous county of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	平
Grade: 1	Grade: 3

Etymology

By analogy from 坂田金平, a puppet show character of the early Edo Period known for his strength, stubbornness, and valor, due to the strength and stubbornness of burdock, traditionally the main ingredient in kinpira.

Noun

金平(きんぴら) • (kinpira) 

1. a Japanese dish that involves sauteing and simmering root vegetables such as carrot, burdock root, and/or lotus root