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 tóng copper (chemistry) / see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2] / CL:塊|块[kuai4]
 zǐ tóng copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)
 hóng tóng copper (chemistry) / see also 銅|铜[tong2]
 yǎng huà tóng copper
 wǔ jīn metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡
 qīng tóng bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 / and tin 錫|锡[xi1])
 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate (e.g. for printing)
 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)
 huáng tóng brass (alloy of copper 銅|铜[tong2] and zinc 鋅|锌[xin1])
 tóng kuàng copper mine / copper ore
 tóng qì copper ware / bronze ware
 shí qīng azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue
 liú suān tóng copper sulfate CuSO4
 tóng sī copper wire
 chún copper drum
 tóng qiáng tiě bì copper wall, iron bastion (idiom) / impenetrable defense
线 cháng guī tóng diàn huà xiàn ordinary copper telephone line
 zì rán tóng natural copper / chalcopyrite / copper iron sulfide CuFeS2
 jīn yín tóng tiě xī the 5 metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin
 jīn tóng hé zhù copper gold alloy
 tóng líng bell made of copper or bronze
 qián chuàn zi string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede
 tóng zhēng qì jī guāng copper vapour laser / copper laser
 tóng pǐ mò lín pemoline copper
  Ad Hoc Review Meeting on Copper
 guó jì tóng yán jiū zǔ zhī zhí quán fàn wéi Terms of Reference of the International Copper Study Group
 guó jì tóng yán jiū zǔ zhī International Copper Study Group
  Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries
  copper compensation fund
  International Copper Research Association
 jīn qī copper paint / fake gold leaf
 zhì qián copper coin of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
 Jīn guā shí Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
𬭚 chún copper drum
 diāo dǒu soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)
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