How to say “silver medal” in Chinese

银牌
yínpái

silver medal

noun · HSK 6 · topic “Sports and leisure”

“Silver medal” in Chinese is 银牌, yín pái: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

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

yín — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”
pái — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

银
yín — silver

On the left, 钅 “metal”. 银行 is a “silver office”, that is, a bank.

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 “银牌”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 银牌. 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.

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

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “silver medal” in Chinese?

“Silver medal” in Chinese is 银牌, pinyin yínpái.

What does 银牌 mean?

银牌 (yínpái) means “silver medal”.

How do you write 银牌?

银牌 is 2 characters: 银 (yín) — silver; 牌 (pái) — sign, plate; cards. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 银牌?

银牌 is read yínpái. Tones: yín — second tone, pái — second tone. The page has an audio recording.

“silver 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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