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铜牌 meaning in English

tóngpái

bronze medal; bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc

HSK 6nounTraditional 銅牌23 strokes

Meaning of 铜牌

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tóngpái
  1. bronze medal
  2. bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc

Measure word: 枚

How to use 铜牌

铜牌 is most often used for the third-place medal in sports and competitions, alongside 金牌 (jīnpái) and 银牌 (yínpái). It can also mean a bronze plaque with a company name, like one hung outside a shop. Example: 她在比赛中获得了铜牌。(Tā zài bǐsài zhōng huòdé le tóngpái.) She won the bronze medal in the competition.

铜 (tóng) means copper or bronze, and it has the metal radical 钅 on the left. 牌 (pái) means a plate or tag, so a 铜牌 is a metal plate made of bronze: the medal for third place.

Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 同 (tóng) instead of 铜 because they sound the same. Remember that the medal is metal, so it needs the 钅 radical. Also keep 牌 (pái) in the second tone, not the fourth.

铜牌 in example sentences

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

现xiàn在zài我wǒ开kāi始shǐ发fā铜tóng牌pái。
Now I am starting to issue copper medals.
在zài奥ào运yùn比bǐ赛sài中zhōng，金jīn牌pái代dài表biǎo第dì一yì名míng，银yín牌pái代dài表biǎo第dì二èr名míng，铜tóng牌pái代dài表biǎo第dì三sān名míng。
In Olympic competitions, the gold medal represents first place, the silver medal represents second place, and the bronze medal represents third place.
在zài奥ào运yùn会huì的de竞jìng赛sài中zhōng，金jīn牌pái代dài表biǎo第dì一yì名míng，银yín牌pái代dài表biǎo第dì二èr名míng，铜tóng牌pái是shì第dì三sān名míng。
In Olympic competitions, a gold medal is for first place, a silver medal for second, and a bronze medal is for third place.

Stroke order for each character

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铜 tóng · copper · 11 strokes

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牌 pái · signboard · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 铜牌.

牌子páizisign; trademark
金牌jīnpáigold medal
银牌yínpáisilver medal
名牌儿míngpáirerhua form of 名牌[ming2 pai2]
品牌pǐnpáibrand; brand name
车牌chēpáivehicle license plate
打牌dǎpáito play mahjong or cards
王牌wángpái(card games) trump card; (fig.) ace; star player; top performer; best asset; secret weapon
招牌zhāopaisignboard; shop sign
牌照páizhào(business) license; vehicle license
奖牌jiǎngpáimedal (awarded as a prize)
名牌míngpáifamous brand; nameplate

Questions about 铜牌

What does 铜牌 mean?

铜牌 (tóngpái) means "bronze medal; bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 铜牌?

铜牌 is made of 2 characters: 铜 (11 strokes), 牌 (12 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 铜牌 an HSK word?

Yes. 铜牌 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 铜牌 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 铜牌 is written 銅牌.

What verb do you use with 铜牌?

Common verbs are 获得 (huòdé), 拿 (ná), and 赢得 (yíngdé). In casual speech people often say 拿了铜牌 (ná le tóngpái), meaning won a bronze.

Is there a word for the bronze medal match?

Yes. The third-place match is often called 铜牌赛 (tóngpái sài). The person who wins bronze can be called 铜牌得主 (tóngpái dézhǔ).

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