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啶

dìng

Character

What 啶 means

1. idine (chemistry)

Words containing 啶

• 吖啶ā dìngacridine (antiseptic and disinfectant)
• 吡啶bǐ dìngpyridine C5H5N (loanword)
• 吖丁啶ā dīng dìngazetidine (chemistry) (loanword)
• 氨吖啶ān ā dìngaminoacridine or aminacrine (antiseptic and disinfectant)
• 嘧啶mì dìngpyrimidine C4H4N2
• 尿嘧啶niào mì dìnguracil nucleotide (U, pairs with adenine A 腺嘌呤 in RNA)
• 胞嘧啶bāo mì dìngcytosine nucleotide (C, pairs with guanine G 鸟嘌呤 in DNA and RNA)
• 胸腺嘧啶xiōng xiàn mì dìngthymine nucleotide (T, pairs with adenine A 腺嘌呤 in DNA)
• 哌啶pài dìngpiperidine (chemistry) (loanword)
• 哌替啶pài tì dìngpethidine (aka meperidine or Demerol) (loanword)

Characters built on 定

These share the phonetic component 定 (dìng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 锭dìng(weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc
• 碇dìnganchor
• 腚dìngbuttocks; butt

Characters that look like 啶

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

• 偿chángto repay; to compensate for; to recompense
• 哦éto chant
• 喀kā(onomatopoeia) sound of coughing or vomiting
• 嗖sōu(onomatopoeia) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts
• 钹bócymbals

Sounds the same

Read dìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 定to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…
• 订to agree; to conclude; to draw up
• 钉to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin
• 锭(weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc
• 腚buttocks; butt
• 铤ingot
• 碇anchor
• 饤display food for show only; sacrifice
• 萣see 茄萣