定金

dìngjīn
  1. down payment
  2. advance payment

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 定 dìng
  1. to fix; to set; to make definite
  2. to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc)
  3. to congeal; to coagulate
  4. (literary) definitely
2 金 jīn
  1. gold
  2. chemical element Au
  3. generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
  4. money
  5. golden
  6. highly respected
  7. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bāyīn