jīn

gold; metals in general; money

HSK 4 #260

DEFINITIONS

金 jīn
  • surname Jin
  • surname Kim (Korean)
  • Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
  • gold
  • chemical element Au
  • generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
  • money
  • golden
  • highly respected
  • one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

STROKES

金 stroke order diagram
金 stroke order animation

WORDS

shuì jīn tax money; tax due
保证 bǎo zhèng jīn earnest money; cash deposit; bail; margin (in derivative trading)
森 pà jīn sēn Parkinson (name)
斯 huò jīn sī Hawkins (name); also written 霍金
xīn jīn salary; wage
wǔ jīn metal hardware (nuts and bolts); the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
术 liàn jīn shù alchemy
条 jīn tiáo gold bar
银 jīn yín gold and silver
dìng jīn an initial payment; earnest money; deposit
龟 jīn guī tortoise; scarab beetle
zhòng jīn huge money; extremely rich; very expensive
日成 jīn rì chéng Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) Great Leader of North Korea
点石成 diǎn shí chéng jīn to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
固若汤 gù ruò jīn tāng secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom); well fortified; invulnerable to attack
眼冒星 yǎn mào jīn xīng to see stars; dazed
时代 huáng jīn shí dài golden age
一掷千 yī zhì qiān jīn lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant
文 jīn wén inscription in bronze; bell-cauldron inscription
箔 jīn bó gold leaf
黄 jīn huáng golden yellow; golden
huò jīn Hawkins or Hawking; Stephen Hawking (1942-2018), English theoretical physicist
东 jīn dōng Jindong district of Jinhua city 金華市|金华市[Jin1 hua2 shi4], Zhejiang
牛座 jīn niú zuò Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
科玉律 jīn kē yù lǜ golden rule; key principle