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溴

xiù

Character

What 溴 means

1. bromine (chemistry)

Words starting with 溴

• 溴单质xiù dān zhìmolecular bromine
• 溴化钾xiù huà jiǎpotassium bromide
• 溴化氰xiù huà qíngcyanogen bromide

Words containing 溴

• 次溴酸cì xiù suānhypobromous acid HOBr
• 氢溴酸qīng xiù suānhydrobromic acid HBr
• 汞溴红gǒng xiù hóngmerbromin; mercurochrome
• 氰溴甲苯qíng xiù jiǎ běncyanobenzyl bromide

Characters built on 臭

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

• 嗅xiùto smell; to sniff; to nose
• 糗qiǔdry rations (for a journey); (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush…

Characters that look like 溴

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

• 滥lànoverflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
• 逼bīto force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for
• 滴dīto drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid)
• 谦qiānmodest
• 漉lùstrain liquids
• 傣DǎiDai ethnic group

Sounds the same

Read xiù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 秀(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent…
• 袖sleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 锈to rust
• 嗅to smell; to sniff; to nose
• 绣to embroider; embroidery
• 臭sense of smell; smell bad
• 岫cave; mountain peak
• 宿constellation
• 琇(jade)
• 珛quickly-deteriorating jade
• 褎sleeve; ample flowing robes
• 峀old variant of 岫