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铜 tóng

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铜 tóng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tóng | tong2
English translation
copper (chemistry)
see also 紅銅
>红铜 hóng tóng [hóng tóng]
CL:塊 kuài
>块 kuài [kuài]
copper, bronze

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About 铜 tóng

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HSK level

6

Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

銅 tóng

Contains the radical

钅 jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of 铜 tóng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰钅同

Semantic compound

钅 jīn

Phonetic compound

同 tóng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 jīn represents the meaning and 同 tóng represents the sound. Simplified form of 銅 tóng .

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Example sentences using 铜 tóng

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他 tā 想 xiǎng 给 gěi 铜 tóng 容器 róngqì 镀银 dù yín .

He wanted to plate copper with silver.

英国 Yīng guó 人 rén 埃基内斯以 yǐ 10秒 miǎo 17获得 huòdé 铜牌 tóng pái .

Eiki British Martinez 17 to 10 seconds bronze medal.

她 tā 正 zhēng 敲 qiāo 着 zhāo 铜 tóng 钟 Zhōng .

She was clanging the brass bell.

可能 kěnéng 他们 tā men 最初 zuìchū 找到 zhǎo dào 的 de 是 shì 生 shēng 铜 tóng ,把 bǎ 它 tā 锤 chuí 击 jī 成 Chéng 形 xíng .

Possibly they first found native copper and hammered it into shape.

我 wǒ 数 shǔ 了 le 数我的 de 钱 Qián , 一共 yīgòng 是 shì 两 liǎng 块 kuài 七 qī 毛 Máo 零 líng 几 jī 个 gè 铜子.

I counted my money. Altogether I had two dollars and seventy some odd cents.

Words with 铜 tóng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
铜 tóng copper (chemistry)銅 tóng
青铜 qīng tóng bronze (alloy of copper 銅 tóng |铜 tóng and tin 錫 xī |锡 xī [xī])青銅
铜板 tóng bǎn copper coin銅板
铜牌 tóng pái bronze medal銅牌
黄铜 huáng tóng brass (alloy of copper 銅 tóng |铜 tóng [tóng] and zinc 鋅 xīn |锌 xīn [xīn])黃銅
古铜色 gǔ tóng sè bronze color古銅色
铜矿 tóng kuàng copper mine銅礦
铜像 tóng xiàng bronze statue銅像
青铜器 qīng tóng qì bronze implement青銅器
铜管 tóng guǎn brass instrument (music)銅管
铜器 tóng qì copper ware銅器
铜墙铁壁 tóng qiáng tiě bì copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense銅牆鐵壁
铜锣 Tóng luó Tongluo or Tunglo township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县 Miáo lì xiàn [Miáo​lì​xiàn], northwest Taiwan銅鑼
铜仁 Tóng rén Tongren city and prefecture in Guizhou銅仁
铜陵 Tóng líng Tongling prefecture level city and county in Anhui銅陵
铜鼓 Tóng gǔ bronze drum銅鼓
铜仁地区 Tóng rén dì qū Tongren prefecture in Guizhou銅仁地區
铜川 Tóng chuān Tongchuan prefecture level city in Shaanxi銅川

铜 tóng Decomposition & Compounds

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