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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dù | du4
English translation
to plate, to gild, to coat

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

gold

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅度

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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xiǎng gěi tóng 容器 róngqì 镀银 dù yín .

He wanted to plate copper with silver.

xīn céng shì yòng lái 防止 fángzhǐ 钢铁 gāngtiě 生锈 shēngxiù de .

A zinc coating is applied to the steel for rust protection.

xīn 基合金 de 铸件 zhù jiàn 总是 zǒngshì zài 氰化镀液 Zhōng 镀铜.

Zinc base die castings are always copper plated in cyanide baths.

gěi 这个 zhè ge jiù de yín 器皿 qì mǐn 重新 chóngxīn 镀银 dù yín .

He plated the old silver container again.

这些 zhè xiē 刀叉 dāo chā bìng xiàng kān 起来 qǐlai 那样 nà yàng 值钱 zhí qián , 它们 tā men dōu shì 镀银 dù yín de .

The knives and forks are not as valuable as they look; they've only been plated with silver.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
-plated
电镀 diàn dù electroplating電鍍
镀金 dù jīn to gild鍍金
镀锌 dù xīn galvanized鍍鋅
镀银 dù yín silver-plated鍍銀

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