HSK 5 · Money

黄金 huángjīn “gold” in Chinese

Traditional 黃金

What 黄金 means

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

How to say 黄金

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale黄huáng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale金jīn1st tone, high and level

黄金 in a sentence

  1. 黄金比铁重。

    Huángjīn bǐ tiě zhòng.

    Gold is heavier than iron.

    Sentence #742927 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 黄金的价格每天波动。

    Huángjīn de jiàgé měitiān bōdòng.

    The price of gold changes every day.

    Sentence #686864 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他们为了找到黄金而前往澳大利亚。

    Tāmen wèile zhǎodào huángjīn ér qiánwǎng Àodàlìyà.

    They went to Australia in search of gold.

    Sentence #1888692 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 黄金 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 黄 (huáng) drawn as one shape
黄huángyellow

黄 is a single shape of 11 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 金 (jīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
金jīngold
  • 人person · rén
  • 王king · wáng
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā

How to write 黄金

黄 11 strokes · 金 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

黄金 (huángjīn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 黄金 (huángjīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 黄金

Words with 黄

黄河huánghé · Yellow River黄色huángsè · yellow黄昏huánghūn · dusk

Words with 金

奖金jiǎngjīn · bonus现金xiànjīn · cash押金yājīn · deposit资金zījīn · funds金属jīnshǔ · metal基金jījīn · fund金融jīnróng · finance

More words: Money & Economy

兑换duìhuàn · to exchange (money)发票fāpiào · invoice风险fēngxiǎn · risk股票gǔpiào · shares汇率huìlǜ · exchange rate经商jīngshāng · to be in business进口jìnkǒu · to import利润lìrùn · profits

FAQs

黄金 (huángjīn) means “gold” or “golden (opportunity)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it huángjīn: huáng with a 2nd tone, then jīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 黄金 is written 黃金. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huangjin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 黄金 from the suggestions. Typing huangjin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
黄金 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.