青铜

青銅

qīngtóng

noun #22,537

Measure Word

一块青铜 kuài

Meanings

1 bronze
2 an alloy of copper and tin

Characters

blue-green; young; the color of aged bronze

Examples

这件青铜器是三千年前的文物。

Zhè jiàn qīngtóngqì shì sānqiān niánqián de wénwù.

This bronze artifact is from three thousand years ago.

青铜比纯铜更坚硬。

Qīngtóng bǐ chún tóng gèng jiānyìng.

Bronze is harder than pure copper.

博物馆里有很多青铜雕塑。

Bówùguǎn lǐ yǒu hěnduō qīngtóng diāosù.

There are many bronze sculptures in the museum.

Tips

culture

China's Bronze Age (c. 2000–500 BC) produced some of the world's most sophisticated bronze ritual vessels. The character 青 means both 'blue-green' and 'young/unripe,' referring to the distinctive patina of aged bronze, while 铜 means copper.

Stroke Order

青 qīng

铜 tóng