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元素

yuán sù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

元素 (yuán sù) means "element (key component of sth)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 元素 means

1. element (key component of sth)
2. chemistryelement
3. mathelement (member of a set)

The characters in 元素

• 元yuáncurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 素sùraw silk; white; plain, unadorned

Example sentences

• 氢是最轻的元素。
  Qīng shì zuì qīng de yuánsù.
  Hydrogen is the lightest element.
• 铁和氧都是化学元素。
  Iron and oxygen are elements.
• 很有可能去掉C元素会得出同样的结果。
  Hěn yǒu kěnéng qùdiào C yuánsù huì déchū tóngyàng de jiéguǒ.
  It is highly probable that the deletion of element C will still yield the same result.

Words starting with 元素

• 元素周期表yuán sù zhōu qī biǎoperiodic table of the elements (chemistry)

Words containing 元素

• 微量元素wēi liàng yuán sùtrace element (chemistry)
• 轻元素qīng yuán sùlight element (such as hydrogen)
• 重元素zhòng yuán sùheavy element (such as uranium)
• 化学元素huà xué yuán sùchemical element
• 稀土元素xī tǔ yuán sùrare earth element (chemistry)
• 稀有元素xī yǒu yuán sù(chemistry) rare element
• 镧系元素lán xì yuán sùlanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 镧
• 锕系元素ā xì yuán sùactinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 锕

Where 元素 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yuán sù correctly.
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