鍍金

See also: 镀金

Chinese

		‑plated; to plate	metal; gold; money
trad. (鍍金)		鍍	金
simp. (镀金)		镀	金

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dùjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ gam¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thu-kîm

(Hailu, HRS): tu^˖ gim^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-kim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dùjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dùjin
  - Wade–Giles: tu⁴-chin¹
  - Yale: dù-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhjin
  - Palladius: дуцзинь (duczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ gam¹
  - Yale: douh gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² kɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu-kîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: tu gim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tu⁴ gim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu⁵⁵ kim²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tu^˖ gim^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu³³ kim⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-kim
  - Tâi-lô: tōo-kim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxkym
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ³³⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tɔ³³⁻¹¹ kim⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ kim⁴⁴/

Verb

鍍⫽金 (verb-object)

to gild; to gold plate
(figurative, derogatory) to attach a golden facade, especially to go overseas to study to polish one's qualifications (despite lacking the actual abilities)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鍍	金
めっき
Hyōgai	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alteration of 滅金 (metsukin, “gold-mercury amalgam used in plating”).^[1]

Alternative forms

滅金

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めっき [mèkkí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [me̞k̚ʲkʲi]

Noun

鍍金(めっき) or 鍍金(メッキ) • (mekki)

plating, gilding
pretense

Verb

鍍金(めっき)する or 鍍金(メッキ)する • (mekki suru) suru (stem 鍍金(めっき)し (mekki shi), past 鍍金(めっき)した (mekki shita))

plate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "鍍金する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	鍍金し	めっきし	mekki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	鍍金し	めっきし	mekki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	鍍金する	めっきする	mekki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	鍍金する	めっきする	mekki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	鍍金すれ	めっきすれ	mekki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	鍍金せよ¹ 鍍金しろ²	めっきせよ¹ めっきしろ²	mekki seyo¹ mekki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	鍍金される	めっきされる	mekki sareru
Causative	鍍金させる鍍金さす	めっきさせるめっきさす	mekki saseru mekki sasu
Potential	鍍金できる	めっきできる	mekki dekiru
Volitional	鍍金しよう	めっきしよう	mekki shiyō
Negative	鍍金しない	めっきしない	mekki shinai
Negative continuative	鍍金せず	めっきせず	mekki sezu
Formal	鍍金します	めっきします	mekki shimasu
Perfective	鍍金した	めっきした	mekki shita
Conjunctive	鍍金して	めっきして	mekki shite
Hypothetical conditional	鍍金すれば	めっきすれば	mekki sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鍍	金
と Hyōgai	きん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Middle Chinese 鍍金

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ときん [tòkíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞kʲĩɴ]

Noun

鍍(と)金(きん) • (tokin)

plating, gilding

Verb

鍍(と)金(きん)する • (tokin suru) suru (stem 鍍(と)金(きん)し (tokin shi), past 鍍(と)金(きん)した (tokin shita))

plate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "鍍金する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	鍍金し	ときんし	tokin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	鍍金し	ときんし	tokin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	鍍金する	ときんする	tokin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	鍍金する	ときんする	tokin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	鍍金すれ	ときんすれ	tokin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	鍍金せよ¹ 鍍金しろ²	ときんせよ¹ ときんしろ²	tokin seyo¹ tokin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	鍍金される	ときんされる	tokin sareru
Causative	鍍金させる鍍金さす	ときんさせるときんさす	tokin saseru tokin sasu
Potential	鍍金できる	ときんできる	tokin dekiru
Volitional	鍍金しよう	ときんしよう	tokin shiyō
Negative	鍍金しない	ときんしない	tokin shinai
Negative continuative	鍍金せず	ときんせず	tokin sezu
Formal	鍍金します	ときんします	tokin shimasu
Perfective	鍍金した	ときんした	tokin shita
Conjunctive	鍍金して	ときんして	tokin shite
Hypothetical conditional	鍍金すれば	ときんすれば	tokin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“〈^▲鍍金〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
鍍	金

Noun

鍍金 • (dogeum) (hangeul 도금)

hanja form^? of 도금 (“plating, gilding”)