金山 (gam1 saan1 | jin1 shan1) : nineteenth-century America

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金山

gam1 saan1

jin1 shan1

[1] a 19th-century name for the United States in general, or San Francisco or California in particular, propagated esp. by those encouraging the emigration of labourers who ultimately ended up as indentured coolies [2] any seemingly attractive faraway land with promises of gold and riches

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

金山

This word has been viewed 1768 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 23rd Sep 2005 10:13 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

金 gam1 - gold
山 saan1 - mountain; hill; peak

12 compounds containing this word:

舊金山 - San Francisco
新金山 - Melbourne
金山灣 - San Francisco Bay
金山灣區 - San Francisco Bay area
金山伯 - American Chinese
金山客 - a Chinese-American returning to China to visit (lit., "gold mountain guest")
金山橙 - Temple oranges (named after WC Temple)
金山丁 - American Chinese
金山鄉 - Chinshan (village in Taiwan)
舊金山評論報 - San Francisco Examiner
金山阿伯 - an old Chinese man living in the US for many years (lit., "Gold Mountain uncle")
金山郊野公園 - Kam Shan Country Park

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Decimal representation of this word: 金山

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