HSK 6 · Objects

铜 tóng “copper” in Chinese

Traditional 銅

What 铜 means

  1. copper
  2. copper (chemistry)

Measure word 块 kuài · 一块铜 yí kuài tóng

How to say 铜

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale铜tóng2nd tone, rising

铜 in a sentence

  1. 铜和银都是金属。

    Tóng hé yín dōu shì jīnshǔ.

    Copper and silver are both metals.

    Sentence #722489 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 这把汤匙是铜制的。

    Zhè bǎ tāngchí shì tóngzhì de.

    This spoon is made of copper.

    Sentence #13539376 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 金的颜色和黄铜很相似。

    Jīn de yánsè hé huángtóng hěn xiāngsì.

    Gold is similar in colour to brass.

    Sentence #616706 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 铜 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 铜 (tóng) with each of its parts in a different colour
铜tóngcopper
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 同same · tóngSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 同 (tóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tóng.

How to write 铜

铜 11 strokes

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

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

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FAQs

铜 (tóng) means “copper” or “copper (chemistry)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tóng: tóng with a 2nd 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, 铜 is written 銅. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 块 (kuài). For example, one copper is 一块铜 (yí kuài tóng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 铜 from the suggestions. Typing tong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
铜 is an HSK 6 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.