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碱

jiǎn

Character Traditional 鹼

What 碱 means

1. chemistrybase; alkali; soda

Other readings

碱 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiǎnvariant of {碱|jiǎn}

Example sentences

• 某些绣球花的颜色取决于土壤的酸碱值：土壤酸性越强，花朵颜色越蓝。
  The colour of some hydrangeas is determined by the pH value of the soil: the more acidic it is, the bluer the flowers are.

Words starting with 碱

• 碱性jiǎn xìng(chemistry) alkaline
• 碱化jiǎn huàto make basic or alkaline; alkalization (chemistry)
• 碱土jiǎn tǔalkaline soil
• 碱基jiǎn jīchemical base; nucleobase
• 碱度jiǎn dùalkalinity
• 碱斑jiǎn bānalkali spot
• 碱水jiǎn shuǐlye water; alkaline water (used in cooking)
• 碱腺jiǎn xiànalkali gland
• 碱荒jiǎn huāngalkali wasteland
• 碱基对jiǎn jī duìbase pair (molecular biology)
• 碱式盐jiǎn shì yánalkali salt (soda, lye, calcium carbonate etc)
• 碱性土jiǎn xìng tǔalkaline soil
• 碱性蓝jiǎn xìng lánalkali blue
• 碱金属jiǎn jīn shǔalkali metal
• 碱土金属jiǎn tǔ jīn shǔalkaline earth…
• 碱基配对jiǎn jī pèi duìbase pairing (e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA); base pair
• 碱性金属jiǎn xìng jīn shǔalkali metal
• 碱性电池jiǎn xìng diàn chíalkaline battery
• 碱水面包jiǎn shuǐ miàn bāobread made with a lye solution; (esp.) pretzel
• 碱基互补配对jiǎn jī hù bǔ pèi duìcomplementary base pairing e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA

Words containing 碱

• 弱碱ruò jiǎnweak base (alkali)
• 强碱qiáng jiǎnstrong alkali
• 洋碱yáng jiǎnsoap
• 火碱huǒ jiǎncaustic soda; sodium hydroxide NaOH
• 烧碱shāo jiǎncaustic soda; sodium hydroxide NaOH
• 纯碱chún jiǎnsodium carbonate; soda ash; Na2CO3
• 耐碱nài jiǎnalkali-resistant
• 肉碱ròu jiǎncarnitine (biochemistry)
• 胆碱dǎn jiǎncholine (amine related to vitamin B complex)
• 茶碱chá jiǎnTheophylline
• 烟碱yān jiǎnnicotine
• 盐碱yán jiǎnsaline and alkaline (earth)
• 古柯碱gǔ kē jiǎn(loanword) cocaine
• 核碱基hé jiǎn jīnucleobase
• 泡花碱pào huā jiǎnsodium silicate
• 生物碱shēng wù jiǎnalkaloid
• 烟碱素yān jiǎn sù(Taiwan) niacin
• 烟碱酸yān jiǎn suānniacin (vitamin B3); nicotinic acid; Pyridine-3-carboxylic acid C6H5NO2
• 酸碱值suān jiǎn zhípH (chemistry)
• 盐碱地yán jiǎn dìsaline soil; (fig.) infertile woman
• 麻黄碱má huáng jiǎnephedrine
• 皂碱zào jiǎnsoap; same as 肥皂
• 白碱滩区Bái jiǎn tān QūBaijiantan, a district of Karamay City 克拉玛依市
• 秋水仙碱qiū shuǐ xiān jiǎncolchicine (a toxic alkaloid used to treat gout)

Characters built on 咸

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

• 减jiǎnto lower; to decrease; to reduce
• 缄jiān(wooden) box; cup; old variant of 缄
• 堿jiǎnvariant of 碱

Characters that look like 碱

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

• 蝙biānused in 蝙蝠
• 稠chóudense; crowded; thick
• 碘diǎniodine (chemistry)
• 翩piānto fly fast
• 蛾é(bound form) moth
• 赭zhěocher

Sounds the same

Read jiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 检to check; to examine; to inspect
• 简simple; uncomplicated; letter
• 减to lower; to decrease; to reduce
• 剪(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out…
• 捡to pick up; to collect; to gather
• 柬card; note; letter
• 俭(bound form) frugal; thrifty
• 拣to choose; to pick; to sort out
• 蹇lame; cripple; unfortunate
• 茧(bound form) cocoon; (bound form) callus (variant of 趼
• 睑eyelid
• 謇to speak out boldly