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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 黄金

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
黄金 huáng jīn - gold
- golden (opportunity)
- prime (time)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 4 3,382 1,972 2,329

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huáng- surname Huang or Hwang
huáng- yellow
- pornographic
- to fall through
jīn- surname Jin
- surname Kim (Korean)
- Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
jīn- gold
- chemical element Au
- generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
- money
- golden
- highly respected
- one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Other Words Containing 黄金

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
黄金 5 4 3,382 1,972 2,329
黄金时代 - - 30,649 36,755 30,222
黄金分割 - - 34,092 51,331 42,954
黄金屋 - - 67,990 - -
黄金海岸 - - 74,271 44,911 41,163