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锦

jǐn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 錦

What 锦 means

1. brocade
2. embroidered work
3. bright

Example sentences

• 他叫了一盘炒什锦。
  Tā jiào le yī pán chǎo shíjǐn.
  He ordered a chop suey.
• 谁知道胡锦涛的生日？
  Shéizhīdào Hú Jǐntāo de shēngrì?
  Who knows Hu Jintao's birthday?
• 我们要连胜七局，才能在这场锦标赛中夺得冠军。
  Wǒmen yào lián shèng qī jú, cáinéng zài zhè chǎng jǐnbiāosài zhōng duódé guànjūn.
  We have to win seven times in a row to win this tournament.
• 波兰与乌克兰两国一起举办2012年欧洲足球锦标赛。
  Euro 2012 is being hosted jointly by Poland and Ukraine.
• 我去了一家什锦烧店吃东西，所以身上的衣服都沾上了一股油味。
  Wǒqù le yījiā shíjǐn shāo diàn chī dōngxi, suǒyǐ shēnshang de yīfu dōu zhān shàng le yī gǔ yóu wèi.
  My clothes have an oily smell because I ate at an okonomiyaki place.
• 普京对胡锦涛说：“咱们必须帮吉尔吉斯斯坦”……不过那只是在我梦里的情形。
  Pǔjīng duì Hú Jǐntāo shuō:"zánmen bìxū bāng Jí'ěrjísīsītǎn "…… bùguò nà zhǐshì zài wǒ mèng lǐ de qíngxing.
  "We need to help Kyrgyzstan," said Putin to Hu Jintao... in my dream.

Words starting with 锦

• 锦绣前程jǐn xiù qián chéngbright future; bright prospects
• 锦标赛jǐn biāo sàichampionship contest; championships
• 锦绣jǐn xiùbeautiful
• 锦上添花jǐn shàng tiān huā(lit.) to add flowers to brocade (idiom); (fig.) to make sth good even better…
• 锦旗jǐn qísilk banner (as an award or gift)
• 锦囊jǐn nángsilk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious…
• 锦标jǐn biāoprize; trophy; title
• 锦鸡jǐn jīgolden pheasant
• 锦屏县Jǐn píng XiànJinping, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔东南苗族侗族自治州
• 锦州市Jǐn zhōu ShìJinzhou, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省
• 锦江区Jǐn jiāng QūJinjiang, a district of Chengdu City 成都市
• 锦衣卫Jǐn yī wèiBrocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors
• 锦囊妙计jǐn náng miào jìbrocade sack of miracle plans (idiom); bag of tricks…
• 锦衣玉食jǐn yī yù shíbrocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury; extravagance
• 锦心绣口jǐn xīn xiù kǒu(of writing) elegant and ornate
• 锦葵jǐn kuícommon mallow (Malva sinensis), used in TCM
• 锦缎jǐn duànbrocade
• 锦鲤jǐn lǐkoi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus)
• 锦州Jǐn zhōusee 锦州市
• 锦江Jǐn jiāngsee 锦江区
• 锦屏Jǐn píngsee 锦屏县

Words containing 锦

• 胡锦涛Hú Jǐn tāoHu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
• 集锦jí jǐna collection of choice items (poems, photos etc)
• 世锦赛shì jǐn sàiworld championship
• 什锦shí jǐn(food) assorted; mixed; assortment
• 花团锦簇huā tuán jǐn cùbrightly colored decorations (idiom); splendid
• 经锦jīng jǐnwarp brocade; woven fabric with single colored woof but many-colored warp
• 织锦zhī jǐnbrocade; silk fabric with colored pattern
• 富锦市Fù jǐn ShìFujin, a county-level city in Jiamusi City 佳木斯市
• 文锦渡Wén Jǐn DùMan Kam To (place in Hong Kong)
• 盘锦市Pán jǐn ShìPanjin, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省
• 织金锦zhī jīn jǐngold brocade
• 贺锦丽Hè Jǐn lìHe Jinli, Chinese name adopted by Kamala Harris (1964-), US vice president 2021-
• 衣锦荣归yī jǐn róng guīto come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory
• 衣锦还乡yī jǐn huán xiānglit. to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom)…
• 白腹锦鸡bái fù jǐn jī(bird species of China) Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae)
• 红腹锦鸡hóng fù jǐn jī(bird species of China) golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
• 杭锦Háng jǐnHanggin banner, Mongolian Xanggin khoshuu, in Ordos prefecture 鄂尔多斯
• 杭锦旗Háng jǐn qíHanggin banner, Mongolian Xanggin khoshuu, in Ordos prefecture 鄂尔多斯
• 杭锦后旗Háng jǐn hòu qíHanggin Rear banner or Xanggin Xoit khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彦淖尔
• 纬锦wěi jǐnwoof brocade; woven fabric with many-colored woof
• 蜀锦Shǔ jǐnbrocade from Sichuan
• 八段锦bā duàn jǐneight-section brocade, a traditional eight-part sequence of qigong exercises
• 三索锦蛇sān suǒ jǐn shécopperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake
• 什锦果盘shí jǐn guǒ pánmixed fruit salad

Characters that look like 锦

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

• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 锌xīnzinc (chemistry)
• 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew
• 锑tīantimony (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read jǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 仅barely; only; merely
• 紧tight; strict; close at hand
• 谨cautious; careful; solemnly
• 尽to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme…
• 堇clay; old variant of 仅; violet (plant)
• 瑾brilliancy (of gems)
• 馑time of famine or crop failure
• 槿Hibiscus syriacus; transient
• 卺nuptial wine cup
• 厪hut
• 墐bury; plaster with mud
• 廑careful; hut; variant of 仅