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定金

dìng jīn

2-character word

What 定金 means

1. down payment
2. advance payment

The characters in 定金

• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals

Example sentences

• 此订阅服务的月费为固定金额，并提供免费试用一个月。
  The subscription service is available for a fixed monthly fee with a one-month free trial.

Sounds the same

Read dìng jīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 订金an initial payment; earnest money; deposit