# 金属 (jīnshǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 金属 (jīnshǔ) means “metal”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: metal
- Pinyin: jīnshǔ (jin1 shu3)
- Traditional: 金屬
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5
- Measure word: 种

## Examples

- 铜和铁都是常见的金属。
  Tóng hé tiě dōu shì chángjiàn de jīnshǔ.
  Copper and iron are both common metals.

## Characters

- [金](https://hanziro.com/word/jin-gold/) (jīn): gold; golden
- [属](https://hanziro.com/word/shu-belong/) (shǔ): to belong to; born in year of

https://hanziro.com/word/jin-shu-metal/

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