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  gam1   jyutping
  jin1 jin4   pinyin
[1] gold [2] metal; metals in general [2] [n] money; wealth [4] weapons; arms [5] precious; excellent; fine [6] golden [7] durable [8] name of the Tungusic dynasty (1115-1234), which dominated Manchuria and North China [9] a Chinese family name [10] Kangxi radical 167

Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: (#167)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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detail  baak6 gam1  bai2 jin1 = platinum
detail  gam1 jyu4*2  jin1 yu2 = goldfish
detail  wong4 gam1  huang2 jin1 = gold; Golden; slang for excrement
detail  cin1 gam1   = daughter / something precious
detail  gam1 ling4 zi2   = chinaberry
detail  hap6 gam1  he2 jin1 = metal alloy
detail  saam1 jan4 jat1 tiu4 sam1 wong4 tou2 bin3 sing4 gam1  san1 ren2 yi4 tiao2 xin1 huang2 tu3 bian4 cheng2 jin1 = Three men of one heart can transform yellow earth into gold
detail  gam1 sik6   = to commit suicide
detail  jat1 baak3 maan6 mei5 gam1   = Megabucks, the million lottery
detail  gau2 gau2 gam1   = pure gold
See all 323 compounds (CantoDict reports 341 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 金
detail 金魚魚缸裏面
The goldfish is swimming in the aquarium.
detail audio 佢嘅金叵羅
His youngest son is his most precious.
detail 光陰光陰
Time is as valuable as gold. However, one cannot buy time with gold.
detail 目前金融海嘯可能黃金復興契機
This economic tsunami could well be the turning point for gold to be fashionable again.
detail 結賬嗰陣時計埋租金保險燈油火臘賺得幾多
When working out the accounts, considering the rental, insurance, utility bills, and other deductibles, there won't be much profit to be made.
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