Gold is similar in color to brass.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
黄铜
brass (alloy of copper 铜 and zinc 锌)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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brass (alloy of copper 铜 and zinc 锌)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 黄铜 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 黄铜 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
The 5 yen coin is made from brass and the 10 yen coin is made from bronze.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 黄铜.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 黄铜.
Directly before
- 是黄铜2
- 和黄铜1
Directly after
- 黄铜很1
- 黄铜做1
- 黄铜是1
- 黄铜制1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 黄铜
What does 黄铜 mean in Chinese?
黄铜 (huángtóng) means brass (alloy of copper 铜 and zinc 锌).
How do you pronounce 黄铜?
黄铜 is pronounced huángtóng.
Is 黄铜 an HSK word?
黄铜 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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