紫铜 紫銅 zǐ tóng copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy) syn 铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin syn 开金 開金 kāi jīn carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold) 青铜 青銅 qīng tóng bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡[xi1]) 黄铜 黃銅 huáng tóng brass (alloy of copper 銅|铜[tong2] and zinc 鋅|锌[xin1]) syn 白铜 白銅 bái tóng copper-nickel alloy 炮铜 炮銅 pào tóng gunmetal (alloy of copper, tin and zinc) 铜矿 銅礦 tóng kuàng copper mine / copper ore 自然铜 自然銅 zì rán tóng natural copper / chalcopyrite / copper iron sulfide CuFeS2 铜蒸汽激光 tóng zhēng qì jī guāng copper vapour laser / copper laser 五金 wǔ jīn metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡[jin1-yin2-tong2-tie3-xi1] syn 金银铜铁锡 金銀銅鐵錫 jīn yín tóng tiě xī the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 金漆 jīn qī copper paint / fake gold leaf 金瓜石 jīn guā shí Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945) 金银铜铁锡 金銀銅鐵錫 jīn - yín - tóng - tiě - xī the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金矿 金礦 jīn kuàng gold mine / gold ore syn 金字 jīn zì gold lettering / gold characters 淘金者 táo jīn zhě gold panner / prospector for gold 足金 zú jīn pure gold / solid gold syn 镏金 鎦金 liú jīn gold-plating / gilded / gold-plated 纸黄金 紙黃金 zhǐ huáng jīn gold contract / special drawing right (SDR) / paper gold (finance) 黄金海岸 黃金海岸 huáng jīn hǎi àn name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (former British colony in Africa) and Costa Daurada (area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain) 足赤 zú chì pure gold / solid gold 金银箔 金銀箔 jīn yín bó gold and silver foil / gold and silver leaf syn 合金 hé jīn alloy 铝合金 鋁合金 lǚ hé jīn aluminum alloy 锡蜡 錫蠟 xī là pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals) 锡铅 錫鉛 xī qiān pewter (tin alloy) 锡镴 錫鑞 xī là pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals) 氮化铌-钛-钨合金 氮化鈮-鈦-鎢合金 nitrided niobium-titanium-tungsten alloy 高镍合金 高鎳合金 high-nickel alloy 汞齐 汞齊 gǒng qí amalgam / mercury alloy 铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn 铜器 銅器 tóng qì copper ware / bronze ware 镀层 鍍層 dù céng the coating of sth that has been chrome-plated or copper-plated etc 石青 shí qīng azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue 硫酸铜 硫酸銅 liú suān tóng copper sulfate CuSO4 syn 铜丝 銅絲 tóng sī copper wire syn 红铜 紅銅 hóng tóng copper (chemistry) / see also 銅|铜[tong2] syn 氧化铜 氧化銅 yǎng huà tóng copper 铜 銅 tóng copper (chemistry) / see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2] / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn 錞 chún copper drum 铜墙铁壁 銅牆鐵壁 tóng qiáng tiě bì copper wall, iron bastion (idiom) / impenetrable defense syn 常规铜电话线 常規銅電話線 cháng guī tóng diàn huà xiàn ordinary copper telephone line 铜铃 銅鈴 tóng líng bell made of copper or bronze 钱串子 錢串子 qián chuàn zi string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede syn 巴黎绿 巴黎綠 bā lí lǜ Paris green / copper(II) acetoarsenite Cu(C2H3O2)2·3Cu(AsO2)2 铜匹莫林 tóng pǐ mò lín pemoline copper 铜特别审查会议 Ad Hoc Review Meeting on Copper 国际铜研究组织职权范围 國際銅研究組織職權范圍 guó jì tóng yán jiū zǔ zhī zhí quán fàn wéi Terms of Reference of the International Copper Study Group 国际铜研究组织 國際銅研究組織 guó jì tóng yán jiū zǔ zhī International Copper Study Group 铜出口国政府间委员会 銅出口國政府間委員會 Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries 铜补偿基金 銅補償基金 copper compensation fund 国际铜研究协会 國際銅研究協會 International Copper Research Association 制钱 制錢 zhì qián copper coin of the Ming and Qing Dynasties 𬭚 錞 chún copper drum 刁斗 diāo dǒu soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times) 铜水 銅水 tóng shuǐ molten copper / molten bronze 金币 金幣 jīn bì gold coin 黄金 黃金 huáng jīn gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time) syn 金牌 jīn pái gold medal / CL:枚[mei2] 金色 jīn sè golden / gold (color) syn 夺冠 奪冠 duó guàn to seize the crown / fig. to win a championship / to win gold medal 千金 qiān jīn thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter syn 金银 金銀 jīn yín gold and silver syn 金星 jīn xīng gold star / stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc) syn 金子 jīn zi gold syn 金黄色 金黃色 jīn huáng sè gold color 金奖 金獎 jīn jiǎng gold medal / first prize 淘金 táo jīn to pan for gold / to try to make a fortune 元宝 元寶 yuán bǎo a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius syn 肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow syn 成色 chéng sè relative purity of silver or gold / purity in carat weight / quality / fineness syn 金条 金條 jīn tiáo gold bar syn 镀金 鍍金 dù jīn to gold-plate / to gild / (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special syn 聚宝盆 聚寶盆 jù bǎo pén treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine syn 金碧辉煌 金碧輝煌 jīn bì huī huáng gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom) / fig. a dazzling sight (e.g. royal palace) syn 纯金 純金 chún jīn pure gold syn 夺金 奪金 duó jīn to snatch gold / to take first place in a competition 金玉 jīn yù gold and jade / precious syn 金榜 jīn bǎng (lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations / roll of honor 金领 金領 jīn lǐng gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker 金饰 金飾 jīn shì gold ornaments 纸醉金迷 紙醉金迷 zhǐ zuì jīn mí lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom) / fig. indulging in a life of luxury syn 金箔 jīn bó gold leaf 贴金 貼金 tiē jīn to cover (a statue) with gold leaf / to gild / (fig.) to prettify / to glorify 开 開 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format syn 一掷千金 一擲千金 yī zhì qiān jīn lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom) / to throw away money recklessly / extravagant syn 黄金屋 黃金屋 huáng jīn wū lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence 金红 金紅 jīn hóng reddish-gold (color) 一诺千金 一諾千金 yī nuò qiān jīn a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom) / a promise that must be kept syn 金 jīn 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] syn 孙思邈 孫思邈 sūn sī miǎo Sun Simiao (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方[Qian1 jin1 Yao4 fang1] 镶金 鑲金 xiāng jīn gilded / inlaid with gold syn 拜金女 bài jīn nǚ materialistic woman / (slang) gold-digger 赤金 chì jīn pure gold syn 淘金热 淘金熱 táo jīn rè gold rush 错 錯 cuò mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver syn 浪子回头金不换 浪子回頭金不換 làng zǐ huí tóu jīn bù huàn a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold 