かねとう

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Chinese

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metal; gold; money pagoda; tower
trad. (かねとう) きむ とう
simp. #(かねとう) きむ とう
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Etymology

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"Phnom Penh"
A reference to the pagoda of Wat Phnom.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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かねとう

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see きむ (jīn),‎ とう (). ("golden tower or pagoda, etc.")
  2. (Cantonese) jar for holding the bones of a dead body

Proper noun

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かねとう

  1. (けん) Jinta (a county of Jiuquan, Gansu, China)
  2. (Teochew) Phnom Penh (a city, the capital city of Cambodia)

Synonyms

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