How to say “gold medal” in Chinese

金牌
jīnpái

gold medal

noun · HSK 6 · topic “Sports and leisure”

“Gold medal” in Chinese is 金牌, jīn pái: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

金牌 is read jīn pái: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

jīn — 1st tonehigh and level, like a long note
pái — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

金
jīn — gold; money

On the side of a character it shrinks to 钅 “metal”: 银, 钱, 钢.

牌
pái — sign, plate; cards

On the left, 片 “slice, plate”: a sign is a small board. The right part is the same as in 啤 pí.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “金牌”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 金牌. Tap the sound icon to listen.

  • 冠军得金牌,亚军得银牌,季军得铜牌。guànjūndéjīnpái,yàjūndéyínpái,jìjūndétóngpáiThe champion gets gold, second place gets silver, third place gets bronze.
  • 这是我的第一块金牌zhèshìwǒdedìyīkuàijīnpáiThis is my first gold medal.
  • 她夺得2了两块金牌tāduódéleliǎngkuàijīnpáiShe won two gold medals.
  • 她夺得了金牌tāduódélejīnpáiShe won gold.

More words from the lesson “The podium: gold, silver, bronze”

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “gold medal” in Chinese?

“Gold medal” in Chinese is 金牌, pinyin jīnpái.

What does 金牌 mean?

金牌 (jīnpái) means “gold medal”.

How do you write 金牌?

金牌 is 2 characters: 金 (jīn) — gold; money; 牌 (pái) — sign, plate; cards. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 金牌?

金牌 is read jīnpái. Tones: jīn — first tone, pái — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“gold medal” in the lesson “The podium: gold, silver, bronze”

This word is from the topic “Sports and leisure” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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