金银铜铁锡

金銀銅鐵錫
jīn yín tóng tiě xī
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin

Examples

HSK 7-9
Gǔrén bǎ jīnyíntóngtiěxī chēngwéi wǔjīn.
The ancients called gold, silver, copper, iron, and tin 'the five metals'.
HSK 7-9
Zhèjiā diàn mǎimài jīnyíntóngtiěxī děng gèlèi jīnshǔ.
This shop deals in all kinds of metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin and so on.

Tips

culture
This is the traditional list behind the modern term 五金 ('hardware'). Hardware shops are still called 五金店 - a fossilized reference to these five metals.
memory
Listed roughly in order of decreasing perceived value: (gold) > (silver) > (copper) > (iron) > (tin).

Stroke Order

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