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铜

tóng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 銅 Measure word 块

What 铜 means

1. copper (chemistry)
2. see also {红铜|hóng tóng}

Example sentences

• 我要铜锣烧！
  I want Dorayaki!
• 铜和银都是金属。
  Tóng hé yín dōu shì jīnshǔ.
  Copper and silver are both metals.
• 现在我开始发铜牌。
  Now I am starting to issue copper medals.
• 这把汤匙是铜制的。
  This spoon is made of copper.
• 金的颜色和黄铜很相似。
  Jīn de yánsè hé huángtóng hěn xiāngsì.
  Gold is similar in color to brass.
• 5元硬币是黄铜，10元硬币是青铜做的。
  5 yuán yìngbì shì huángtóng,10 yuán yìngbì shì qīngtóng zuò de.
  The five yuan coins are brass, and the ten yuan coins are made out of bronze.

Words starting with 铜

• 铜矿tóng kuàngcopper mine; copper ore
• 铜像tóng xiàngbronze statue
• 铜钱tóng qiáncopper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)
• 铜板tóng bǎncopper coin; copper plate; copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument)
• 铜锣湾Tóng luó WānCauseway Bay
• 铜牌tóng páibronze medal; bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc
• 铜器tóng qìcopper ware; bronze ware
• 铜铃tóng língbell made of copper or bronze
• 铜水tóng shuǐmolten copper; molten bronze
• 铜版tóng bǎn(printing) copperplate
• 铜环tóng huánbrass ring; door knocker
• 铜管tóng guǎnbrass instrument (music)
• 铜丝tóng sīcopper wire
• 铜绿tóng lǜverdigris
• 铜鼓tóng gǔbronze drum; (Western-style) drum
• 铜锈tóng xiùverdigris
• 铜仁市Tóng rén ShìTongren, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 贵州省
• 铜官区Tóng guān QūTongguan, a district of Tongling City 铜陵市
• 铜山区Tóng shān QūTongshan, a district of Xuzhou City 徐州市
• 铜川市Tóng chuān ShìTongchuan, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陕西省
• 铜绿层tóng lǜ céngpatina
• 铜臭味tóng xiù wèiprofit-before-all-else mindset; money-grubbing
• 铜鼓县Tóng gǔ XiànTonggu, a county in Yichun City 宜春市
• 铜锈层tóng xiù céngpatina

Words containing 铜

• 青铜qīng tóngbronze (alloy of copper 铜 and tin 锡
• 青铜器qīng tóng qìbronze implement; refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC
• 古铜色gǔ tóng sèbronze color
• 黄铜huáng tóngbrass (alloy of copper 铜
• 炮铜pào tónggunmetal (alloy of copper, tin and zinc)
• 白铜bái tóngcopper-nickel alloy
• 红铜hóng tóngcopper (chemistry); see also 铜
• 炮铜色pào tóng sègunmetal gray
• 自然铜zì rán tóngnatural copper; chalcopyrite; copper iron sulfide CuFeS2
• 铁齿铜牙tiě chǐ tóng yáclever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
• 古铜色卷尾gǔ tóng sè juǎn wěi(bird species of China) bronzed drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
• 金银铜铁锡jīn yín tóng tiě xīthe five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin
• 青铜器时代Qīng tóng qì Shí dàithe Bronze Age; also written 青铜时代
• 紫铜zǐ tóngcopper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)
• 废铜烂铁fèi tóng làn tiěscrap metal; a pile of junk
• 铸铜zhù tóngbronze casting
• 青铜峡市Qīng tóng xiá ShìQingtongxia, a county-level city in Wuzhong City 吴忠市
• 硫酸铜liú suān tóngcopper sulfate CuSO4
• 青铜峡Qīng tóng xiásee 青铜峡市

Characters built on 同

These share the phonetic component 同 (tóng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 洞dòngcave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
• 筒tǒngtube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
• 酮tóngketone
• 桐tóngtree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 恫dòngfrighten
• 胴dònglarge intestine; torso
• 硐tónggrind
• 侗tóngignorant

Characters that look like 铜

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 铺pūto spread; to display; to set up
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 翊yìassist; ready to fly; respect
• 辋wǎngtire; wheel band
• 锏jiǎnancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon
• 铟yīnindium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read tóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 同like; same; similar
• 童child
• 彤red
• 桐tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 瞳pupil of the eye
• 洞used in 洪洞
• 酮ketone
• 僮servant boy
• 潼high; name of a pass
• 峒name of a mountain
• 硐grind
• 侗ignorant