HSK 5 · Objects

金属 jīnshǔ “metal” in Chinese

Traditional 金屬

What 金属 means

  1. metal

Measure word 种 zhǒng · 一种金属 yì zhǒng jīnshǔ

How to say 金属

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale金jīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale属shǔ3rd tone, dipping

金属 in a sentence

  1. 硬币是金属做的。

    Yìngbì shì jīnshǔ zuò de.

    Coins are made of metal.

    Sentence #466153 from Tatoeba

  2. 金属冷却的时候会收缩。

    Jīnshǔ lěngquè de shíhou huì shōusuō.

    Metals contract when they cool.

    Sentence #405772 from Tatoeba

  3. 铁是一种金属。

    Tiě shì yì zhǒng jīnshǔ.

    Iron is a metal.

    Sentence #8932409 from Tatoeba

How 金属 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 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
The character 属 (shǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
属shǔcategory
  • 尸corpse · shīMeaning part
  • 禹legendary Hsia dynasty founder · YǔSound part

尸 hints at the meaning (corpse); 禹 (Yǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with shǔ.

How to write 金属

金 8 strokes · 属 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 金属

Words with 金

奖金jiǎngjīn · bonus现金xiànjīn · cash黄金huángjīn · gold押金yājīn · deposit资金zījīn · funds基金jījīn · fund金融jīnróng · finance

Words with 属

属于shǔyú · to be classified as家属jiāshǔ · family member附属fùshǔ · affiliated下属xiàshǔ · subordinate

More words: Objects & Materials

火柴huǒchái · match (for lighting fire)夹子jiāzi · clip剪刀jiǎndāo · scissors胶水jiāoshuǐ · glue铃líng · (small) bell零件língjiàn · part木头mùtou · wood盆pén · basin

FAQs

金属 (jīnshǔ) means “metal”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jīnshǔ: jīn with a 1st tone, then shǔ with a 3rd 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, 金属 is written 金屬. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 种 (zhǒng). For example, one metal is 一种金属 (yì zhǒng jīnshǔ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jinshu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 金属 from the suggestions. Typing jinshu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
金属 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.