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

融界 jīn róng jiè banking circles; the world of finance
陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name
国际货币基组织 guó jì huò bì jī jīn zǔ zhī International Monetary Fund (IMF)
埃尔 āi ěr jīn James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860; Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810
普希 pǔ xī jīn Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), great Russian romantic poet
宝 jīn bǎo Campbell (name); Kampar, town in the state of Perak, Malaysia
秋 jīn qiū fall; autumn
童玉女 jīn tóng yù nǚ lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom); attendants of the Daoist immortals; fig. lovely young children; a golden couple; (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple
蝉脱壳 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan
鸡 jīn jī golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
龟子 jīn guī zǐ scarab (Scarabeus sacer); beetle
阿特斯 ā tè jīn sī Atkins (name)
xiǎo jīn Xiaojin county (Tibetan: btsan lha rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
nián jīn annuity; pension; superannuation
托尔 tuō ěr jīn J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒
昌 jīn chāng Jinchang prefecture-level city in Gansu
桔 jīn jú kumquat
灿灿 jīn càn càn golden-bright and dazzling
玉 jīn yù gold and jade; precious
石 jīn shí metal and stone; fig. hard objects; inscription on metal or bronze
融业 jīn róng yè financial sector; the banking business
阳 jīn yáng Jinyang county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
zú jīn pure gold; solid gold
合欢 jīn hé huān acacia
夏沙 jīn xià shā Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tw)