Silver in Chinese: 银 (yín)

yín

silver

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1silver
  2. 2silver-colored
  3. 3relating to money or currency

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Zhuyin

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ㄧㄣˊ

yín

/ i/ enˊ/ second tone

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Example sentences

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  • 我有几枚银币。

    wǒ yǒu jǐ méi yín bì。

    I have several silver coins.

  • 你在哪买的银?

    nǐ zài nǎ mǎi de yín?

    How do you buy silver?

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