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氮

dàn

Character

What 氮 means

1. nitrogen (chemistry)

Example sentences

• 我们呼吸的空气是由氧气和氮气组成的。
  Wǒmen hūxī de kōngqì shì yóu yǎngqì hé dànqì zǔchéng de.
  The air we breathe consists of oxygen and nitrogen.

Words starting with 氮

• 氮气dàn qìnitrogen
• 氮泵dàn bèngpre-workout (supplement)
• 氮烯dàn xīnitrene (chemistry)
• 氮氧化物dàn yǎng huà wùnitrogen oxide
• 氮芥气dàn jiè qìnitrogen mustard
• 氮化镓dàn huà jiāgallium nitride (GaN)

Words containing 氮

• 固氮gù dànnitrogen fixation
• 液氮yè dànliquid nitrogen
• 有机氮yǒu jī dànorganic nitrogen
• 一氧化氮yī yǎng huà dànnitric oxide
• 二氧化氮èr yǎng huà dànnitrogen dioxide
• 苯二氮䓬běn èr dàn zhuó(organic chemistry, pharmacology) benzodiazepine
• 一氧化二氮yī yǎng huà èr dànnitrous oxide N2O; laughing gas

Characters built on 炎

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

• 谈tánto speak; to talk; to converse
• 淡dàninsipid; diluted; weak
• 毯tǎnblanket; rug
• 痰tánphlegm; spittle
• 琰yǎngem; glitter of gems
• 郯Tánsurname Tan; name of an ancient city
• 啖dànto eat; to taste; to entice (using bait)
• 剡shànriver in Zhejiang

Characters that look like 氮

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

• 款kuǎnsection; paragraph; funds
• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
• 氯lǜchlorine (chemistry)
• 氰qíngcyanogen (CN)2; ethanedinitrile; Taiwan pr. qīng
• 窦dòu(literary) hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus
• 氪kèkrypton (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read dàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 但but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
• 蛋egg; oval-shaped thing
• 弹crossball; bullet; shot
• 旦(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera…
• 淡insipid; diluted; weak
• 诞birth; birthday; brag
• 惮dread; fear; dislike
• 担picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load
• 澹tranquil; placid; quiet
• 石dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; ancient pr. shí
• 啖to eat; to taste; to entice (using bait)
• 萏lotus