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丙
bǐng
丙 (bǐng) means "third of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; third in order; letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.
What 丙 means
- third of the ten Heavenly Stems {十天干|shí tiān gān}
- third in order
- letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- ancient Chinese compass point: 165°
- 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
Where 丙 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Candor, Clarity & Attitude (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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