金牌
HSK 3 (2021)
金牌 (jīnpái) · gold medal
金牌 (jīnpái) means “gold medal”. It is written with 2 characters: 金 (gold) + 牌 (sign). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 金牌 is built
The characters
金 jīn · gold
What 金 is made of
- 人rén — person
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: A cast-iron bell (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
牌 pái · sign
What 牌 is made of
- 片piàn — slice
- 卑bēi — humble
- 白bái — white
- 日rì — sun; day
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 白bái — white
Origin hint: 片 gives the meaning, 卑 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他得了一块金牌。Tā dé le yī kuài jīnpái.He won a gold medal.
你们队得了几块金牌？Nǐmen duì dé le jǐ kuài jīnpái?How many gold medals did your team win?
Questions about 金牌
What does 金牌 mean?
金牌 (jīnpái) means “gold medal”.
How do you pronounce 金牌?
金牌 is pronounced jīnpái.
Which HSK level is 金牌?
金牌 is in HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 现金xiànjīncash
- 资金zījīnfunds
- 黄金huángjīngold
- 奖金jiǎngjīnbonus
- 奖学金jiǎngxuéjīnscholarship
- 美金měijīnUS dollar
- 金属jīnshǔmetal
- 押金yājīndeposit (refundable)
- 基金jījīnfund
- 金融jīnróngfinance
Learn 金牌 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 75: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.