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烯

xī

Character

What 烯 means

1. alkene

Words starting with 烯

• 烯烃xī tīngolefine; alkene (chemistry)

Words containing 烯

• 丁烯dīng xībutene or butylene C4H8
• 丙烯bǐng xīpropylene C3H6
• 乙烯yǐ xīethylene; vinyl
• 丙烯酸bǐng xī suānacrylic acid C3H4O2
• 乙烯基yǐ xī jīvinyl; vinyl group (chemistry)
• 氯乙烯lǜ yǐ xīvinyl chloride (chloroethene C2H3Cl)
• 石墨烯shí mò xīgraphene
• 聚丙烯jù bǐng xīpolypropylene
• 聚乙烯jù yǐ xīpolythene; polyethylene
• 苯乙烯běn yǐ xīStyrene
• 聚氯乙烯jù lǜ yǐ xīpolyvinyl chloride (PVC)
• 聚苯乙烯jù běn yǐ xīpolystyrene
• 氮烯dàn xīnitrene (chemistry)
• 丙烯酸酯bǐng xī suān zhǐacrylic ester
• 玉米赤霉烯酮yù mǐ chì méi xī tóngzearalenone
• 丙烯醛bǐng xī quánacrolein CH2CHCHO
• 环戊烯huán wù xīcyclopentene C5H8 (ring of five carbon atoms)
• 丙烯腈bǐng xī jīngacrylo-nitrile
• 萜烯tiē xīterpene (chemistry)
• 莰烯kǎn xīcamphene C10H16
• 苧烯níng xī(chemistry) limonene
• 丁二烯dīng èr xībutadiene C4H6; biethylene
• 白三烯bái sān xīleukotriene (biochemistry)
• 四氯乙烯sì lǜ yǐ xītetrachloroethylene

Characters built on 希

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

• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 唏xīsound of sobbing
• 郗Chīsurname Chi; name of an ancient city
• 浠Xīname of a river in Hubei
• 欷xīto sob

Characters that look like 烯

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

• 涛tāobig wave; Taiwan pr. táo
• 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of…
• 烩huìto braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
• 埚guōcrucible
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk
• 焯chāoto blanch; to parboil

Sounds the same

Read xī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 息breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 西west
• 希to hope; to admire; variant of 稀
• 吸to breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 悉in all cases; know
• 惜to cherish; to begrudge; to pity
• 析to separate; to divide; to analyze
• 夕(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
• 晰clear; distinct
• 稀sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 牺sacrifice
• 昔former times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí