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金条 (jīn tiáo) — gold bar

Definition

noun
gold bar
Measure word · 根

Examples

  • 金条。
    Yín háng lǐ cún le hěn duō jīn tiáo.
    The bank stores a lot of gold bars.
  • 金条。
    Tā mǎi le yì gēn jīn tiáo zuò tóu zī.
    He bought a gold bar as an investment.
  • 金条99.99%。
    Zhè xiē jīn tiáo dōu shì 99. 99% chún jīn.
    These gold bars are all 99.99% pure gold.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

金jīngold
条tiáobar

金 (gold) and 条 (bar) form a gold bar.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

金 was drawn with marks for two pieces of metal, along with a part that gave its sound; it first meant copper, then metals and gold.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 條; 条 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu條tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 條 pairs 木, a small branch or stick, with 攸, which shows a person warned by a hand holding a stick, as a sound part; 条 is a later shortened shape.

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