Meaning
silver
Chinese: 白银、银子;银色。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “yin” becomes a different word in each tone. 银 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 银行yín hángbank
- 银行卡yín háng kǎbank card
- 银牌yín páisilver medal
- 银幕yín mùmovie screen
- 银子yín zimoney; silver
Example Sentence
月光像银子一样洒在地上。Yuè guāng xiàng yín zi yí yàng sǎ zài dì shàng.The moonlight spills on the ground like silver.
月光Yuè guāngmoonlight像xiàngto resemble银子yín zimoney一样yí yàngthe same洒sǎto sprinkle在zàiat地上dì shàngon the ground。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The metal radical 钅 (meaning) plus 艮 (gèn, sound): a precious metal — ‘silver’. Simplified from 銀.
A way to remember it
Metal (钅) + the sound 艮 — silver.
Easy to confuse with
- 跟‘Heel / to follow’: shares the 艮 sound, but with the foot radical 足.