铜 meaning in English

tóng

copper (chemistry); see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2]

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 銅11 strokes

Meaning of 铜

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tóng
  1. copper (chemistry)
  2. see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2]

Measure word: 塊|块

铜 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

5元yuán硬yìng币bì是shì黄huáng铜tóng做zuò的de,10元yuán硬yìng币bì是shì青qīng铜tóng做zuò的de。
The 5 yen coin is made from brass and the 10 yen coin is made from bronze.
一yí个gè铜tóng管guǎn乐yuè队duì沿yán着zhe路lù前qián进jìn。
A brass band is marching along the street.
金jīn的de颜yán色sè和hé黄huáng铜tóng很hěn相xiāng似sì。
Gold is similar in color to brass.
这zhè把bǎ汤tāng匙chí是shì铜tóng制zhì的de。
This spoon is made of copper.
铜tóng和hé银yín都dōu是shì金jīn属shǔ。
Copper and silver are both metals.

Stroke order for each character

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铜 tóng · copper · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 铜.

铜牌tóngpáibronze medal; bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc
铜板tóngbǎncopper coin; copper plate
青铜qīngtóngbronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡[xi1])
黄铜huángtóngbrass (alloy of copper 銅|铜[tong2] and zinc 鋅|锌[xin1])

Questions about 铜

What does 铜 mean?

铜 (tóng) means "copper (chemistry); see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2]" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 铜?

铜 is made of 1 character: 铜 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 铜 an HSK word?

Yes. 铜 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 铜 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 铜 is written 銅.