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黄铜

huáng tóng

2-character word Traditional 黃銅

What 黄铜 means

1. brass (alloy of copper {铜|tóng} and zinc {锌|xīn})

The characters in 黄铜

• 黄huángyellow; pornographic; to fall through
• 铜tóngcopper (chemistry); see also 红铜

Example sentences

• 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.
• 5元硬币是黄铜做的，10元硬币是青铜做的。
  The 5 yen coin is made from brass and the 10 yen coin is made from bronze.

Sounds the same

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

• 黄酮flavone