currency; money; (copper) coin; cash; wealth; fund; sum
mistake; wrong; incorrect; bad; fault; false
to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)
iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency
key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond; linchpin
to lock up; to lock; lock
copper
(chemistry); see also
红铜
to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain
needle; pin; injection; stitch
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to pave; to lay; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker
plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station
brocade; embroidered work; bright
point of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard; forward (in sports team)
chain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m); chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m); to chain; to enchain
to engrave; inscribed motto
tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
to melt (metal); to cancel or annul; to sell; to spend; to fasten with a bolt; bolt or pin
to fish (with a hook and bait); to angle; fishhook
to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch
to respect; to admire; to venerate; by the emperor himself
to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on
hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
30 catties; great; your (honorific)
to level off; to root up; to shovel; to remove; spade; shovel
to shovel; to remove; spade; shovel
(weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc; classifier (for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks); measure word
to inlay; to embed; ridge; border
bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title
pound (sterling) (loanword)
small earthenware plate or basin; a monk's alms bowl; Sanskrit paatra
uranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. [you4]
clang of metals; small gong
throwing weapon; dart; goods sent under the protection of an armed escort
pincers; pliers; tongs; claw (of animal); to grasp with pincers; to pinch; to clamp; to restrain; to restrict; to gag
to encourage; to cut; to strain
a hoe; to hoe or dig; to weed; to get rid of
cobalt (chemistry); Taiwan pr. [gu1]
to forge; to discipline; wrought
clank; clang; sound of metal
shackles; fetters; manacle
stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron; commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"
to fasten with rivets; (coll.) to exert one's strength
to mill (machining); Taiwan pr. [xian3]
(onom.) clang; jingling of metals; to strike
to file; file (tool used for smoothing); rasp
file (tool used for smoothing); rasp; to file
scissors; to cut (with scissors)
wok (dialect); cauldron (old)
to engrave; to carve; hard steel
a drill (for boring through rock)
palladium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. [ba1]
to engrave (on wood or stone); to inscribe
twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
bright; place name; stove
to inlay with gold, silver etc; ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
to cut; to carve; to engrave; to chisel; (fig.) to chisel away at
ancient unit of weight equal to 20 or 24 liang
两
ancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon
pincers for use at a fire; sword
shining metal; (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)
fetters; leg-irons; shackles
to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together
polonium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. [po4]
metal plate; sheet of metal
obstinate disease; to restrain; to stop
tweezers; forceps; nippers; pliers; to nip; to pick up with tweezers; to pluck out
lutetium (chemistry) (Tw)
to shape on a lathe; to peel with a knife; to turn in (a screw)
key; also pronounced [yao4]
spear; to cripple (literary)
ancient weight; one-eighth of a tael
side of coin without words; trowel
grease-pot for cart; ingot
ancient unit of weight; money
to engrave (metal of wood)
upsetting (forged pieces)
ornaments on headstall of horse
sharp point; point of sword
three legged cauldron (old); woodworking chisel (old)
metal utensil; mounting; fitting
sound of drums and bells; trident
ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell; hoe; spade
(ancient weight); metal ring
sharp instrument for digging