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  *金* | 金* | *金
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
HSK 3
banking / finance / financial
HSK 6
gold medal / CL:
HSK 3
financial system
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *金* | 金* | *金
surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
money / currency
HSK 6
Jinzhou district of Dalian 大連市|大连市, Liaoning
Jin Tianhe (1874–1947), late-Qing poet and novelist, co-author of A Flower in a Sinful Sea 孽海花
Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(bird species of China) golden-fronted leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)
metallic bond
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)
gold ring
spangle
Jintan, a district of Changzhou City 常州市, Jiangsu
Jincheng (common place name) / Chincheng town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan
financier; banker
Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠|武侠 novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy
gold mine / gold ore
(pharmacology) chlortetracycline
safe places for storing important articles
metal / CL: 種|种
HSK 7-9
metal fatigue
financial reform
enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white (abbr. to 金菇)
the key (to solving a problem etc) / (Tw) (cryptography) key
financial backer / bankroller
gold ornaments
gold color
Wolverine, comic book superhero
Jinhua, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省
the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin
sum of money / monetary value
HSK 6
Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日, supreme leader of North Korea from 2011
financial sector / the banking business
financial leverage / leveraging (i.e. buying shares on borrowed funds)
gold leaf
gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker
gold
HSK 7-9
needle used in embroidery or sewing / acupuncture needle / orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
pyramid (building or structure)
HSK 7-9
diamond / also called 鑽石|钻石
gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice
metal cover
Golden Globe Award
History of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, twenty second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty , 135 scrolls
Jinzhai, a county in Lu'an City 六安市, Anhui
a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom); a magnificent house built for a beloved woman
Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
profound friendship / sworn brotherhood
banking crisis / storm in financial circles
Zolotoy Rog or Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok (famous for its pollution)
lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom) / fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
honeysuckle
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
(Tw) Volkswagen Beetle
Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009), South Korea politician, president 1998-2003, Nobel peace prize laureate 2000
inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription
fall; autumn
King County
golden yellow; golden
financial crisis / banking crisis
kumquat / also written 金桔
financial crisis
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan
Financial Times
wealthy son-in-law / wealthy husband
Golden Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival
erroneous form of Kim Jong-un 金正恩
gold and silver
money is omnipotent (idiom) / with money, you can do anything / money talks
banking circles / the world of finance
currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948
lit. gold and jade fill the hall (idiom) / fig. abundant wealth / abundance of knowledge
Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, in Laibin City 來賓市|来宾市, Guangxi
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
intimate friendship (idiom)
financial district
golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture) / standing on one leg
pedophile (slang, referring to the case of a Hong Kong child abductor who lured girls with the prospect of seeing "goldfish" in his apartment)
(idiom) to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity
Jinsha, a county in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市, Guizhou
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
metal halide lamp
golden retriever
macaw
Jinkouhe district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市, Sichuan
Kim Woo-jung (1936-), Korean businessman and founder of the Daewoo Group
foil / Taiwan pr. [jin1 shu3 bo2 pian4]
gold bar
oval kumquat; Nagami kumquat (Citrus margarita)
(lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations; roll of honor
Kim Jong-nam (1971-2017), the eldest son of Kim Jong-il 金正日
not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect
Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan
pumpkin (Gymnopetalum chinense) / a mace with a brass head resembling a pumpkin
Jintian Uprising
splendid in green and gold (idiom); looking radiant
BRICS (economic bloc)

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