The Chinese word for gold is
金色

jīn sè

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
金
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)
色
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 色 and their definitions

金
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