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黄金

huáng jīn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 黃金

黄金 (huáng jīn) means "gold". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 黄金 means

1. gold
2. golden (opportunity)
3. prime (time)

The characters in 黄金

• 黄huángyellow; pornographic; to fall through
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals

Example sentences

• 黄金比铁重。
  Gold is heavier than iron.
• 黄金的价格每天波动。
  The price of gold fluctuates daily.
• 哪个比较重，铅还是黄金？
  Nǎge bǐjiào zhòng, qiān háishi huángjīn?
  Which is heavier, lead or gold?
• 罗马人的黄金时代已过去了。
  Luómǎ rén de huángjīnshídài yǐ guòqù le.
  The Golden Age of the Romans is in the past.
• 皇后的后冠是用黄金铸成的。
  Huánghòu de hòu guān shì yòng huángjīn zhùchéng de.
  The Queen's crown was made of gold.
• 他们为了找到黄金而前往澳大利亚。
  Tāmen wèile zhǎodào huángjīn ér qiánwǎng àodàlìyà.
  They went out to Australia seeking gold.

Words starting with 黄金

• 黄金时代huáng jīn shí dàigolden age
• 黄金宝Huáng Jīn bǎoWong Kam-po (1973-), Hong Kong champion cyclist
• 黄金屋huáng jīn wūlit. house made of gold; fig. luxurious residence
• 黄金果huáng jīn guǒabiu (Pouteria caimito)
• 黄金档huáng jīn dàngprime time
• 黄金周huáng jīn zhōuGolden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods
• 黄金时段huáng jīn shí duànprime time
• 黄金海岸Huáng jīn Hǎi ànname of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast…
• 黄金分割huáng jīn fēn gēgolden ratio; golden section
• 黄金辉Huáng Jīn huīWee Kim Wee (1915-2005), president of Singapore (1985-1993)

Words containing 黄金

• 纸黄金zhǐ huáng jīngold contract; special drawing right (SDR); paper gold (finance)
• 满城尽带黄金甲Mǎn chéng jìn dài huáng jīn jiǎCurse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou
• 男人膝下有黄金nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīnlit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of…
• 书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū , shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yùlit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb)…

Sounds the same

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

• 黄巾refers to the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)

Where 黄金 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Scenery, Light, Beauty & Honor (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 huáng jīn correctly.
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