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尼古丁

ní gǔ dīng

3-character word

What 尼古丁 means

1. loanwordnicotine

The characters in 尼古丁

• 尼níBuddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-
• 丁dīngmale adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干; fourth (used like "4" or "D")

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