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金銀銅鐵錫
简 金银铜铁锡 · 繁 金銀銅鐵錫Mandarin · pinyin jīn yín tóng tiě xī
Meanings
- the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin
Characters in this entry
- 金
- jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167
- 銀
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- 銅
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- 鐵
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- 錫
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- 银
- yín · silver; cash, money, wealth
- 铜
- tóng · copper, brass, bronze
- 铁
- tiě · iron; strong, solid, firm
- 锡
- xī · tin, stannum; bestow, confer
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Mandarin tones
1–2–2–3–1 · jin1 yin2 tong2 tie3 xi1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gam1 ngan4 tung4 tit3 sek3 · gam1 ngan4 tung4 tit3 sek6
Cantonese word readings for 金銀銅鐵錫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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gam1 ngan4 tung4 tit3 sek3
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phrase
- (idiomatic) the five metals of gold, silver, copper, iron and tin
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