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金属

jīn shǔ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 金屬 Measure word 种

金属 (jīn shǔ) means "metal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 金属 means

1. metal

The characters in 金属

• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 属shǔcategory; genus (taxonomy); family members

Example sentences

• 铁是一种金属。
  Iron is a metal.
• 铜和银都是金属。
  Tóng hé yín dōu shì jīnshǔ.
  Copper and silver are both metals.
• 酸性腐蚀了金属。
  Suānxìng fǔshí le jīnshǔ.
  The acid ate into the metal.
• 硬币是金属做的。
  Coins are made of metal.
• 我有一张金属桌子。
  Wǒ yǒu yī zhāng jīnshǔ zhuōzi.
  I have a metal table.
• 铁是个有用的金属。
  Iron is a useful metal.

Words starting with 金属

• 金属键jīn shǔ jiànmetallic bond
• 金属疲劳jīn shǔ pí láometal fatigue

Words containing 金属

• 重金属zhòng jīn shǔheavy metal
• 有色金属yǒu sè jīn shǔnon-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys)
• 非金属fēi jīn shǔnonmetal (chemistry)
• 类金属lèi jīn shǔmetalloid (chemistry)
• 交响金属jiāo xiǎng jīn shǔsymphonic metal (pop music); heavy metal with symphonic pretensions
• 过渡金属guò dù jīn shǔtransition metal (chemistry)
• 黑色金属hēi sè jīn shǔferrous metals (i.e. iron, chromium, manganese and alloys containing them)
• 贵金属guì jīn shǔprecious metal
• 稀土金属xī tǔ jīn shǔrare earth element
• 碱金属jiǎn jīn shǔalkali metal
• 碱土金属jiǎn tǔ jīn shǔalkaline earth…
• 碱性金属jiǎn xìng jīn shǔalkali metal

Where 金属 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Physical States & Materials (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jīn shǔ correctly.
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