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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *錯* | 錯* | *錯
mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *銀* | 銀* | *銀
silver / silver-colored / relating to money or currency
HSK 3
silver medal / CL:
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *洋* | 洋* | *洋
ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *錠* | 錠* | *錠
(weaving) spindle / ingot / pressed cake of medicine etc / classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks
eloquent and cunning / silver tongued
metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus) / also written 玄狐
platinum / silver / white gold / (Singapore) money gift at a funeral
money / silver
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鍍* | 鍍* | *鍍
to plate (with gold, silver etc) / (prefix) -plated
silver money (in former times)
white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus
gold and silver
(male) superstar of the silver screen; best actor award winner
fine silver
big head / mask in the shape of a big head / the larger end of sth / the main part / the lion's share / dupe / sucker / (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 on the obverse side
a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius
silver coin
silver hair; gray hair
silver
silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鈿* | 鈿* | *鈿
to inlay with gold, silver etc / ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
silver carp
ocean / (old) silver dollar / (slang) Chinese yuan
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar
silver-plated
sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青
silver (as currency)
lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide
made of silver
relative purity of silver or gold / purity in carat weight / quality / fineness
shiny bright as silver
richly bedecked / dripping with gold and silver (idiom)
silver bar
to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab
silver ingot
gold and silver foil / gold and silver leaf
(in former times) banknote with a value in silver
silver medal
to cash / to change gold or silver into money
(silver) of low purity / low grade
sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴
silver white
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鷴* | 鷴* | *鷴
silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade
(loanword) tolar, currency of Slovenia 1991-2007 / tolar, silver coin that served as the main currency of Bohemia 1520-1750
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元
foreign money / flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鮒* | 鮒* | *鮒
silver carp
(bird species of China) silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera)
Silver Standard (monetary standard)
glaze ice; verglas; silver frost
silver coin from the early days of the Republic of China (1912-1949) bearing the head of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯
television / TV screen / the silver screen
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 / silver dollar
silver swallow / airplane (affectionate)
silver cup (trophy)
to reveal one's valuables inadvertently / to betray one's silver (money) when traveling
silver nitrate
(gold or silver) of standard purity / (fig.) fine
silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)
silver birch / white poplar
silver iodide
lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent)
silver wedding (25th wedding anniversary)
made of silver
silver foil
Ginkaku-ji or Silver Pavilion in Kyoto 京都, Japan, officially called Jishōji 慈照寺
silver plate / galactic disc
to plate (with gold, silver etc)
silver medal
silver leaf
radiance / silver white sheen
the silver point / the melting point of silver 962°C used as a calibration point in some temperature scales
field of blood / battlefield / hateful place / Aceldama (field bought by Judas Iscariot with his 30 pieces of silver in Matthew 27:7)
Silver Bear, award at the Berlin International Film Festival
to take silver / to come second in a competition
Styracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin
Jishōji in northeast Kyōto 京都, Japan, the official name of Ginkakuji or Silver pavilion 銀閣寺|银阁寺
(bird species of China) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
valuable book decorated with silver, gold and jewels etc, commonly regarded as a disguised form of bribe
the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin
(bird species of China) silver-throated bushtit (Aegithalos glaucogularis)
silver chloride AgCL
silver glitter
Silver Standard (monetary standard)
silver fir (Abies alba)
Silver Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival
silver bottle
the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation
(bird species of China) silver-eared laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma)
(bird species of China) silver-eared mesia (Leiothrix argentauris)
(bird species of China) silver-breasted broadbill (Serilophus lunatus)
silver (color)
moss silver / silver in the form of fibers or branches
(bird species of China) silver oriole (Oriolus mellianus)
silver halide (usually chloride) used to fix photos


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