金 in English

Measure word

• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
• 枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal... attested in use

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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

• Bronze script 西周早期
• Clerical script 東漢
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Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• Donna是含着金钥匙出生的。

  Donna was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.

• 三十二名领奖学金的马达加斯加学生飞往中国。

  Thirty-two Madagascan students who receive scholarship are flying to China.

• 二十美金等于一百四十元。

  Twenty dollars are one hundred and forty yuan.

• 他们为了找到黄金而前往澳大利亚。

  They went out to Australia seeking gold.

• 他想找一位金发碧眼的欧洲女人。

  I want to find a blonde, blue-eyed European woman.

• 他拿了100万美元的退休金。

  He took US$1 million retirement funds.

• 他曾经被授予金牌。

  He's been awarded a gold medal once.

• 他的大部分收入付了租金。

  The majority of his income goes to pay his rent.

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