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丙

bǐng

HSK 5 Character

What 丙 means

1. third of the ten Heavenly Stems {十天干|shí tiān gān}
2. third in order
3. letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
4. ancient Chinese compass point: 165°
5. propyl

Words starting with 丙

• 丙午bǐng wǔforty-third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026
• 丙型bǐng xíngtype C; type III; gamma-
• 丙基bǐng jīpropyl group (chemistry)
• 丙子bǐng zǐthirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056
• 丙申bǐng shēnthirty-third year C9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1956 or 2016
• 丙等bǐng děngthird rank; third category; third grade
• 丙糖bǐng tángtriose (CH2O)3, monosaccharide with three carbon atoms, such as glyceraldehyde 甘油醛
• 丙醇bǐng chúnpropanol; propyl alcohol C3H7OH
• 丙型肝炎bǐng xíng gān yánhepatitis C
• 丙子战争Bǐng zǐ Zhàn zhēngsecond Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
• 丙子胡乱Bǐng zǐ Hú luànsecond Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
• 丙种射线bǐng zhǒng shè xiàngamma ray
• 丙酸氟替卡松bǐng suān fú tì kǎ sōngfluticasone propionate
• 丙烷bǐng wánpropane
• 丙烯bǐng xīpropylene C3H6
• 丙烯酸bǐng xī suānacrylic acid C3H4O2
• 丙氨酸bǐng ān suānalanine (Ala), an amino acid
• 丙烯酸酯bǐng xī suān zhǐacrylic ester
• 丙辰bǐng chénfifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036
• 丙醚bǐng mín-propyl ether
• 丙酮bǐng tóngacetone CH3COCH
• 丙酮酸bǐng tóng suānpyruvic acid CH3COCOOH
• 丙酮酸脱氢酶bǐng tóng suān tuō qīng méipyruvate dehydrogenase
• 丙纶bǐng lúnpolypropylene fiber

Words containing 丙

• 异丙苯yì bǐng běn(chemistry) isopropylbenzene C9H12 (aka cumene)
• 异丙醇yì bǐng chúnisopropanol; isopropyl alcohol C3H8O
• 付之丙丁fù zhī bǐng dīngto burn down (idiom)
• 异丁苯丙酸Yì dīng běn bǐng suānIbuprofen or Nurofen; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), trade names Advil…
• 聚丙烯jù bǐng xīpolypropylene
• 苯丙氨酸běn bǐng ān suānphenylalanine (Phe), an essential amino acid
• 苯丙胺běn bǐng àn(chemistry) amphetamine (C9H13N)
• 甲基苯丙胺jiǎ jī běn bǐng ànmethamphetamine
• 苯丙酮尿症běn bǐng tóng niào zhèng(medicine) phenylketonuria
• 对氨基苯丙酮duì ān jī běn bǐng tóngp-aminopropiophenone
• 二正丙醚èr zhèng bǐng mídi-n-propyl ether
• 二硫基丙醇èr liú jī bǐng chúndimercaprol
• 二硫基丙磺酸钠èr liú jī bǐng huáng suān nàsodium dimercaptosulfanate
• 天冬苯丙二肽酯tiān dōng běn bǐng èr tài zhǐaspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)

Characters that look like 丙

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 西xīwest
• 肉ròumeat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit)
• 闪shǎnto dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it
• 冈gāngridge; mound

Sounds the same

Read bǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饼round flat cake; cookie; cake
• 柄handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem…
• 秉to grasp; to hold; to maintain
• 禀to make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow
• 炳bright; brilliant; luminous
• 屏to get rid of; to put aside; to reject
• 昺bright; glorious
• 邴ancient city name; happy
• 苪bright; shining, splendid
• 鞞scabbard
• 絣Ikat, a type of woven silk; Kasuri
• 怲sad; mournful