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The Chinese word for gold is
金色

jīn sè



gold

Chinese Definition


gold
     1. 名词. 金(化學元素,原子序為79,化學符號為Au)
     2. 名词. 金幣,財富
     3. 名词. 金色,金黃色
     4. 名词. 金牌
     5. 形容词. 金的,含金的
     6. 形容词. 金色的
     7. 形容词. 金唱片獎的(銷售逾百萬張的)
Components
     1. (obsolete) copper (Cu)
     2. metal
           合金 - alloy
     3. metalware
     4. gold (Au)
           金 的 顏色 和 黃銅 很 相xiāng似。 - Gold is similar in color to brass.
     5. golden; blond
           金髮 - blond
           他 被 獎勵 了 一塊 金 錶biǎo。 - He received a golden watch as a prize.
     6. (by extension) money; material wealth
           現金 - cash
           資金 - funds
           金錢 - currency
     7. (historical) ancient currency unit
     8. (historical) gong or other metalware for signalling commands in the military
           金鼓齊鳴 - the gongs and drums of war sound out in unison
     9. respectful; precious
           金玉良言 - precious advice
     10. Used in 金城 (gloss=impregnable city)
           金城湯池 - strongly fortified city
     11. Short for 金星, gloss=Venus
     12. one of the eight kinds of instruments (八音)
     13. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行)
     14. (historical) The Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
     15. (historical) (syn of zh, 後金), the Jurchen Later Jin state (1616–1636)
           ^金 ^聖-歎 - Jin Shengtan (Chinese literary critic)
           ^金 ^焰 - Jin Yan (Chinese actor)
     1. color; tint; hue; shade
           顏色 - color
           顏色shǎi兒r - color
           紅色 - red
           四.色.定理 - four color theorem
     2. look; expression
           臉色 - facial expression
     3. scenery; circumstance
           景色 - scenery
           夜色 - night scenery
     4. kind; sort
           貨色 - goods; stuff; trash; rubbish; quality of goods; specification
     5. feminine charm; beauty
           姿色 - good looks (of women)
     6. lust; sexual desire
           好hào色 - to lust for women
           色情 - pornography; sexual desire
     7. (colloquial) perverted; being a pervert; lecherous
     8. theatrical role
           角jué色 - role; part
     9. metallic content
           成色 - purity (of a precious metal in an alloy)
     10. die (a cube with numbers or symbols on each side, used in games of chance)
           色shǎi子zi - die
     11. (Buddhism) (l-lite, pi, rūpa) (form; material element; form of existence; etc.)
           色 即 是 空,空 即 是 色。 - Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
     12. (transgender slang) Short for 色普龍; cypro (cyproterone acetate)



Translations for and their definitions

     1. (obsolete) copper (Cu)
     2. metal
           合金 - alloy
     3. metalware
     4. gold (Au)
           金 的 顏色 和 黃銅 很 相xiāng似。 - Gold is similar in color to brass.
     5. golden; blond
           金髮 - blond
           他 被 獎勵 了 一塊 金 錶biǎo。 - He received a golden watch as a prize.
     6. (by extension) money; material wealth
           現金 - cash
           資金 - funds
           金錢 - currency
     7. (historical) ancient currency unit
     8. (historical) gong or other metalware for signalling commands in the military
           金鼓齊鳴 - the gongs and drums of war sound out in unison
     9. respectful; precious
           金玉良言 - precious advice
     10. Used in 金城 (gloss=impregnable city)
           金城湯池 - strongly fortified city
     11. Short for 金星, gloss=Venus
     12. one of the eight kinds of instruments (八音)
     13. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行)
     14. (historical) The Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
     15. (historical) (syn of zh, 後金), the Jurchen Later Jin state (1616–1636)
           ^金 ^聖-歎 - Jin Shengtan (Chinese literary critic)
           ^金 ^焰 - Jin Yan (Chinese actor)


金子
     1. n. gold (especially extracted, or used as a currency)


黃金
     1. n. gold
     2. n. (humorous) poop
     3. n. (literary) money
     4. n. (obsolete) copper
     5. adj. (attributive, figurative) golden; best
           黃金.時間 - prime time


黄金
     1. Simplified form of 黃金


金色
     1. n. gold colour
           金色 刺繡 - gold embroidery



金牌
     1. n. gold medal
           奧運會 的 時候hou,我們 關注 金牌 的 運動員。 - During the Olympics we pay special attention to gold medalists.
     2. n. (historical) Short for 金字牌



金幣
     1. n. gold coin


金币
     1. Simplified form of 金幣



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