Chinese symbol for “platinum”
白金
bái jīn
platinum; silver; white gold; (Singapore) money gift at a funeral
The closest CC-CEDICT match for platinum is 白金 (bái jīn), defined as: platinum; silver; white gold; (Singapore) money gift at a funeral.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “platinum”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 白金.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
| 白色 | bái sè | white; fig. reactionary |
| 白人 | bái rén | white man or woman; Caucasian |
| 白天 | bái tiān | daytime; during the day |
| 白痴 | bái chī | idiocy; idiot |
| 空白 | kòng bái | blank space |
| 资金 (資金) | zī jīn | funds; capital |
| 金融 | jīn róng | banking; finance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “platinum”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.