千金 (cin1 gam1 | ) : daughter / something precious

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千金

cin1 gam1

Daughter - something which is extremely precious and worth a thousand ounces of gold, when used on its own tends to describe one's own daughter.

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 4,100,000

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

千金

This word has been viewed 2564 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 24th Jun 2009 21:50

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千 cin1 - a thousand; many
金 gam1 - gold

9 compounds containing this word:

一字千金 - one word is worth a thousand taels of gold
一刻千金 - every minute is precious
一擲千金 - stake a thousand pieces of gold in one throw; spend money like water
一笑千金 - a gleaming or charming smile is priceless
一諾千金 - promise that must be kept
千金之體 - precious body
千金貴體 - precious noble body
令千金 - your daughter [polite]
千金難買早知道 - if only I would have known earlier

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Decimal representation of this word: 千金

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