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胺

àn

Character

What 胺 means

1. chemistryamine
2. colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān

Words starting with 胺

• 胺基酸àn jī suān(Taiwan) amino acid

Words containing 胺

• 甲胺jiǎ àn(chemistry) methylamine
• 组胺zǔ ànhistamine (a biogenic amine involved in local immune responses)
• 苯胺běn àn(chemistry) aniline (C6H5NH2); aminobenzene
• 蜜胺mì ànmelamine (loanword)
• 多巴胺duō bā àndopamine
• 硫胺素liú àn sùthiamine; vitamin B1
• 组织胺zǔ zhī ànhistamine
• 色胺酸sè àn suān(Taiwan) tryptophan
• 苯丙胺běn bǐng àn(chemistry) amphetamine (C9H13N)
• 茶胺酸chá àn suān(Taiwan) (biochemistry) theanine
• 葡糖胺pú táng ànglucosamine; abbr. for 葡萄糖胺
• 苏胺酸sū àn suān(Taiwan) threonine
• 鸟胺酸niǎo àn suān(Taiwan) ornithine
• 抗组织胺kàng zǔ zhī ànantihistamine
• 抗组胺剂kàng zǔ àn jìantihistamine
• 抗组胺药kàng zǔ àn yàoantihistamine
• 沙丁胺醇shā dīng àn chúnsalbutamol (a beta 2 agonist used in treating asthma)…
• 沙利度胺shā lì dù ànthalidomide
• 葡萄糖胺pú tao táng ànglucosamine (C6H13NO5); also written 氨基葡萄糖
• 双氯醇胺shuāng lǜ chún ànclenbuterol
• 甲基苯丙胺jiǎ jī běn bǐng ànmethamphetamine
• 莱克多巴胺lái kè duō bā àn(organic chemistry) (loanword) ractopamine
• 甲胺磷jiǎ àn línmethamidophos (chemistry)
• 避蚊胺bì wén ànDEET, an insect repellent

Characters built on 月

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

• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 膳shànmeals
• 胭yānrouge
• 腩nǎnbrisket; belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
• 潸shāntearfully
• 膻shān(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻

Characters that look like 胺

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

• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword; colloquial) modem
• 缀zhuìto sew; to stitch together; to combine
• 殷yāndark red
• 绽zhànto burst open; to split at the seam
• 胧lóngused in 朦胧

Sounds the same

Read àn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 按to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve
• 案(legal) case; incident; record
• 暗dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden
• 岸bank; shore; beach; coast
• 黯(bound form) dark; dull (color); dim; gloomy
• 犴used in 狴犴
• 豻jail