金 (gam1 | jin1 jin4) : gold

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金

gam1

jin1 jin4

[1] gold [2] metal; metals in general [3] [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.

金

This word has been viewed 22704 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Sep 2018 07:36

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情比金堅 cing4 bei2 gam1 gin1 qing2 bi3 jin1 jian1 = love is more solid than gold

金目鱸 gam1 muk6 lou4 jin1 mu4 lu2 = Barramundi; Lates calcarifer (catadromous fish of Latidae Perciformes); asian sea bass [粵]盲鰽

美金 mei5 gam1 mei3 jin1 = US dollar

金魚 gam1 jyu4*2 jin1 yu2 = goldfish

黃金 wong4 gam1 huang2 jin1 = gold; Golden; slang for excrement

千金 cin1 gam1 = daughter / something precious

金鈴子 gam1 ling4 zi2 jin1 ling2 zi3 = chinaberry

合金 hap6 gam1 he2 jin1 = metal alloy

現金 jin6 gam1 xian4 jin1 = cash

獎金 zoeng2 gam1 jiang3 jin1 = cash prize
See all 370 compounds (CantoDict reports 392 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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條金魚喺魚缸裏面游嚟游去。粵
The goldfish is swimming in the aquarium.

我或者畀現金或者簽咭。粵
Ｍaybe I'll pay by cash, or maybe I'll pay by card.
[Lit. I maybe give cash maybe sign card]

簽咭平過畀現金。粵
Paying by card is cheaper than using cash.
[Lit. sign card cheap than give cash]

佢個孻仔係佢嘅金叵羅嚟架。粵
His youngest son is his most precious.

一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰
Time is as valuable as gold. However, one cannot buy time with gold.

目前的金融海嘯可能成為黃金復興的契機
This economic tsunami could well be the turning point for gold to be fashionable again.

租金係,等我諗諗先,噢係嘞,總共萬一文。粵
The rent is, just let me get it right, oh yes, 11,000 dollars altogether.
[The speaker uses some discourse markers to make a reply.]

結賬嗰陣時，計埋啲租金保險燈油火臘，七除八扣，唔賺得幾多咋粵
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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Decimal representation of this word: 金
Unicode code for this character: U+91d1 (off-site link)

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